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JAMES  W.  REILLY, 
Colonel  104th   O.    I'.  /.,   1862-64;  Brigadier-General  of  Vclunletrs,   1864-65. 


HISTORY 


The  104th  Regiment 


Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry 


1862  TO  1865 


By  N:  X.  PINNEY 

Ai  riioK  oi"  "  Rk.mini?>ci:n(.  Ks  ok  thf,  Rkhelliox 
WINDHAM,  OHIO 


AKRON,  OHIO 

PkINTRD    BV    WeRNKR    &    LOHMANN 

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INTRODUCTORY. 

I  lia\  c  Ioul;'  Ix-cn  impressed  with  the  t";icl  that  tiiiK-  is  t'ast 
olihtciatiuL;-  the  iiiemorics  ot"  the  exeiits  w  hieh  transpired  amoiK*- 
the  rank  and  tile  ot' those  ^leat  armies,  which,  in  tlie  war  of  "The 
(ireat  Shi\  ehohlers"  Reliellion."  linalK  tiiumphed  oxer  treason 
and  (hsunion,  and  phieed  our  helo\  ed  eountr\  in  the  front  rank  of 
Christian  nations,  stiiick  the  shackles  tVom  tour  jiiilhon  skives,  and 
estahhshed  the  su])reme  aulliority  of  the  Federal  republic  in 
these  I'nited  States.  So  in  the  spring-  of  iSS^,  I  hejj^an  writino- 
an  account  of  the  traxels.  ser\  ices,  antl  doin!L(s  <renerallv  of  the 
i().|th  ()hio  N'olunteer  Infantix,  in  thai  war.  from  ,\unust.  1862, 
to  June  28,  1865.  w  hen  the  "hox  s"  w  eie  Ihialh  discharL^ed  from 
the  sei'xice.  "l^eminiscences  of  the  Rebellion,""  as  that  series  of 
l)aj)ers  w  as  called,  soon  came  to  the  notice  of  considerable  mnnbers 
of  ex-members  ot"  the  regiment,  and  on  August  6,  188:;.  at  the 
16th  annual  reunion  of  the  rcL^iment,  a  resolution  was  carrieil  by 
wl-rich  I  was  authorized  to  revise  them  for  use  as  a  history  of  the 
reijiment.  This  re\  ision  is,  in  substance,  the  same  material  as  the 
'•Reminiscences  ot"  the  Rebellion,"  with  all  the  incidents  per- 
sonal to  myself,  and  not  of  an  Instoiical  character,  carefulh 
expunged  from  the  work.  Resides  this  I  ha\  e  tried  to  t^^et  as  t'ull 
and  complete  a  roster  of  officers  of  the  rei^iment  and  of  oiHcers 
and  soldiers  of  each  ami  every  compan\  as  is  now  possible. 
Well  knowing-  that  this  t'ails  to  .>;"i\e  all  there  was  of"  interest  in 
the  ser\  ices  of  the  loph.  m\  onl\-  apoloL;\  will  be  that  1  have 
tried  to  t^ixe  a  full  anil  fair  account  of  e\  er\  incident  oi"  the 
rei;iment"s  history,  and  that  wherein  I  max  haxe  failed  has  been 
iluv  to  a  lack  of  knoxvle(lj.i-e. 

Yours.  N.   .A.   PI^^■E^'. 


THE    104TH    O.   V.   I. 


cil\i''I'i:k   I. 

IMUilNNINc;    OF    TIIK    \V\K. 

Probablv  no  c\  cut  recorded  in  inodern  liistorx  hioiiirht  alxjiit 
so  sudden  and  radical  a  chan<2^e  in  tlie  thoii<^hts  and  jnirsuits  of 
anv  ])eoi)le  as  llie  tirin<;-  on  Fort  Sunipter,  liy  liie  rebels  of  the 
South,  in  April,  iS6i.  Before  this  the  union-lovin;^  Northern 
people  could  not  helie\  e  that  the  Southrons  would  take  the 
chances  of  a  desolatin<^-  ci\  il  \\  ai-  to  <lestro\-  a  j^on  ernnient  under 
which  they  had  grown  rich  and  powerful,  only  because  the\' 
could  no  longer  dictate  the  policy,  and  control  the  destiny  of  the 
nation.  Raised  in  peacefid  times,  the  Northern  people  loved 
peace,  for  the  security  and  prosperity  it  brought  them,  and  they 
could  scarce  beliex  e  the  South  in  earnest  till  the  boom  of  Southern 
cannon  undeceived  them.  Then  a  sudden  and  mighty  "change 
came  o'er  the  spirit  of  their  dream."  From  that  hour  the  business 
of  our  people  for  four  long,  wear\  vears  was  making  war.  and 
war  on  the  most  gigantic  scale  recorded  in  historv.  At  the  sum- 
mons of  President  Lincoln,  all  the  farms  and  workshops  in  the 
land  were  set  to  wo]'k,  raising  supplies,  and  making  munitions  of 
war;  while  the  \()ung  and  middle  aged  men  flew  to  arms,  and 
formed  into  companies  and  regiments  to  do  and,  if  need  be,  to 
die  for  their  countrx'.  Xearlv  the  whole  male  population  became 
enrolled  in  companies  called  home  guards,  who  met  generally  for 
drill  on  Saturday  afternoons  at  the  township  centers.  Through- 
out the  Western  Reser\  e  of  Ohio  the  war  spirit  was  intense,  and 
early  in  the  spring  of  iS6i  regiment  after  regiment  of  her  stal- 
wart sons  had  been  sent  to  the  front.  Of  these  the  7th.  13th. 
19th,  20th,  23d,  41st,  42d,  and  45th  Infantry:  the  2d  and  6th 
Cavalry,  the  ist  Tvight  Artillerv;  and  the  6th.  14th.  and  19th 
Independent  liatteries  ga\  e  proof  on  a  score  of  blood\  Helds 
that  in  soldierly  tpialities   the   citizens  of  Northeastern  ()hio  were 


6  IIISTOm'  OF  THE 

sc-coiul  to  iioiu'.  More  than  a  \(.'ar  liad  ])assc(l.  The  Western 
troops  had  gained  \  iclor\  after  \  ictory  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee, 
Mississippi.  Missouri,  and  ^\'est  \'ir_oiiiia ;  yet  the  war  for  the 
L'nion  seemed  as  far  from  an  end  as  e\  er.  The  incompetency, 
not  to  sa\  treaciier\ .  of  our  commanders  liad  more  than  counter- 
hahmced  the  successes  we  had  gained,  and  midsummer  of  1862 
found  the  mai^nificcnt  arnn  of  tlie  Potomac  frittered  away  in  the 
ad\ance  from  ^'orkt()wn  to  I^ichmoiid,  and  Lee  liad  used  up  one 
after  another  of  McL'leUan's  (h\  isions  in  detail,  while  he  could 
ha\e  lieen  easih  crushed  at  once  had  the  l'nion  forces  been 
handled  1>\  a  xij^orous  commander.  And  the  same  co\vardl\' 
spirit  seems  to  ha\  e  seized  some  of  the  Western  commanders, 
who  allowed  Kirl)\  Smith  and  i^ray^-.  with  inferior  forces,  to 
dri\  e  them  almost  out  of  Kentucky.  The  situation  was  indeed  a 
<4i'a\  e  one  when,  on  July  i,  1S62,  the  President  issued  a  call  for 
three  lumdred  thousand  additional  troojjs.  and  on  the  4th  of 
Auj^ust  another  call  for  three  hundred  thousand  more. 

Measures  were  immediately  taken  to  or^ani/e  fifty  thousand 
men  from  Ohio.  Recruitino-  camps  were  established  at  con- 
\enient  points,  the  work  of  recruitin*^,  ()rii^anizin<y,  and  equip- 
yi'wvs,  \yent  steadih  on.  and  h\  the  first  of  October  more 
than  fift\  new  regiments  w  ere  in  the  field  thirsting;  for  a  chance 
at  the  enenn  .  Much  of  this  ardor  had  cooled  of!"  h\  the  end  of 
three  \ears  of  acti\  e  campaigning-. 

Among  the  new  regiments  called  into  the  seryice  by  the 
President's  proclamation  of  July  i.  1S62.  \yas  one  of  ten  com- 
panies aggregating  one  thousand  and  se\  enteen  men,  rank  and 
Hie.  who  \yere  musteretl  into  the  seryice  at  their  rendezyous  at 
]VIassilk)n,  August  30,  1862;  with  James  W .  Reilly,  of  Wellsyille, 
as  colonel;  Asa  S.  A'lariner,  of  Akron,  as  lieutenant-colonel;  and 
Lauren  I).  Woodworth,  of  Ra\  enna.  as  major.  Four  of  the  ten 
companies  came  from  Columbiana  count\',  three  from  Stark,  two 
from  Portage,  and  one  from  Sinnmit.  The  men  \yere  mostly 
large  and  lust\  tello\ys.  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  the  regiment  was 
always  acknoxyledged  to  be  one  of  the  finest  appearing,  best 
drilled,  and  disciplined,  and  soberest  and  most  trustworth\-  bodies 
of  soldiers  to  be  found  in  the  army.  One  of  those  men  was  the 
writer,  who  seryed  with  the  regiment  through  to  the  end  of  the 
war,  and  was  generalh  present  for  duty.  August  30,  1862,  we 
vyere  mustered  into  the  seryice  as  the  104th  Ohio  \"olunteer 
Infantry,  to  serye  three  years  imless  soont^r  discharged. 


liiJiTIl  RlidlMENT.  7 

As  soon  as  \\f  \\  c'lX'  imistcrcil  in.  wc  drew  our  arms  and 
Jiccoutrc'inciits.  and  in  tlu'  aftt-rnoon  marched  in  rc\  iew  before 
G()\ernor  'I'od,  \\  lio  made  a  speech  in  \\  liich  he  predicted  tliat 
the  war  would  soon  close  and  we  wouhl  he  at  lionie  in  time  for 
the  Christmas  li<)hda\s.  Sulisecpient  e\ents  pro\  ed  how  much 
lie  knew  altout  it.  Septemher  liist  w f  took  the  train  for  Cin- 
cinnati, w  hei(.'  we  arri\  ed  the  next  morninj^-,  and  crossed  over  to 
Cc)\in^ton.  where  we  (hned  <>n  mustai'd.  seasoned  with  a  little 
bread  and  meat,  and  then  marched  out  to  Canip  King,  where  I 
was  immediateU  put  on  picket  dut\ .  and  then  and  there  entered 
on  the  active  life  of  a  soldier. 

September  third,  two  days  aftei  ciossing  the  ri\er.  we  were 
moved  to  the  south  of  Co\  in<j,ton.  at  a  new  earthwork  called  Fort 
Mitchell,  and  innnediately  started  out  on  the  Lexington  pike, 
where  some  of  oui"  new  troops  had  l)een  having  a  brush  with  the 
enenn  .  Here  we  met  the  loist  Ohio  coming  in  on  double  quick. 
The\  had  met  tlie  w  hole  rebel  army  out  beyond  the  woods,  and 
liad  lieen  all  cut  to  pieces;  which  apjieared  likel\,  as  many  of 
them  had  thrown  awa\-  hats,  knapsacks,  and  guns,  and  thev 
presented  al)out  as  mucii  the  appearance  of  soldiers  as  a  mob  of 
school  bovs  out  for  a  holida\ .  It  was  no  use  to  try  to  stop  them: 
go  into  town  thev  would,  and  did.  Ordered  to  the  double  cjuick. 
we  were  making  good  time  forward  when  a  volley  from  the 
woods  ahead  brought  us  to  a  sudden  halt.  Company  A.  in 
the  advance,  lost  one  man  killed  and  two  wounded.  Companies 
A,-F,  D,  and  I,  in  the  advance,  w  ere  immediately  filed  out  to  the 
left  and  right  to  be  deploved  as  skirmishers.  A  ball  whizzed  over 
the  heads  of  Companv  D.  and  e\  ery  man  dodged  as  if  he  ex- 
pected to  l)e  hit.  but  ne\  er  a  man  liroke  step  out  of  the  ninety 
greenhorns  in  line.  The  lieutenant  called  a  halt,  and  stepping  out 
in  front  of  the  column,  swinging  his  sword  aloft,  shouted  in 
thunder  tones:  "Men.  von  are  in  the  presence  of  the  enemy:  the 
first  man  I  see  flinch,  I'll  cut  ofl'  his  head  with  my  sword."  The 
speech  was  characteristic  of  the  man.  Overpowered  by  his 
responsibilitv.  he  was  determined  that  no  man  in  his  command 
should  show  the  white  feather.  We  were  deployed,  and  ad- 
vanced to  the  cover  of  a  ra\  ine.  from  w  hich  a  desultorv  fire  was 
kept  up  through  the  rest  of  the  day,  when  we  were  marched 
back  to  Fort  Mitchell,  having  covered  ourselves  all  over  with 
gUn^v  without  the  loss  of  a  man  except  as  before  mentioned. 
Among  those  most  conspicuous  on  this  occasion    I  must  not  forget 


8  J /IS  TO  in'  OF  THE 

to  mention  tlie  '•sciuirrcl  hunters,"  who  came  to  their  country's 
rescue  in  the  time  of  its  dire  necessity,  and  with  a  squirrel  rifle  in 
one  liand  and  a  ])um])kin  pie  in  the  otlier.  climl)ed  the  hei<^hts  of 
Cincinnati  to  tjet  just  one  cliance  at  the  rehel  in\  aders  assenihled 
three  miles  on  the  other  side  of  the  Ohio.  Next  day  an  advance 
w  as  made  in  force,  Init  the  terrihle  horde,  which  had  come  all  the 
w  i\  from  Tennessee  to  carry  fire  and  sword  throuj^^h  the  trem- 
blin<Jj  North,  had  \  anished,  the  siege  of  Cincinnati  was  at  an  end, 
and  the  country  1)reathcd  once  more;  and  the  invincible  "scjuirrel 
hunters"  retired  to  their  firesides,  followed  by  the  plaudits  of  an 
admiriuL;-  and  jj^rateful  people. 

The  next  Wednesday  we  started  out  on  the  road  south  toward 
Lexin;^ton,  makint^  short  stops  at  Florence,  Walton,  and  Critten- 
den. At  the  latter  place,  for  the  first  time  in  Kentucky,  we  found 
all  the  people  loyal  to  the  core.  They  had  been  harrassed  and 
roV)l)ed  by  the  rebels,  and  their  jo\  was  unbounded  at  their  de- 
liverance. But  it  was  not  for  long.  A  complete  change  took 
place  among  the  generals  of  the  "Army  of  Central  Kentucky,"  as 
we  were  called.  General  Boyle  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
department,  and  Generals  Lew  Wallace  and  Granger  superceded 
bv  Generals  Q.  A.  Gillmore  and  Judah.  Gillmore,  one  of  the 
best  artillerists  and  engineers  in  the  army,  proved  to  be  a  regular 
nincompoop  as  a  general  in  the  field.  Almost  every  day,  and 
sometimes  twice  a  day,  we  were  called  into  line  to  listen  to 
general  orders,  issued  on  almost  every  imaginable  subject,  from 
the  wisdom  at  headquarters.  No  greater  martinet  ever  lived 
than  General  Judah,  the  commander  of  the  second  brigade,  to 
which  the  104th  now  became  connected.  From  the  regular  army? 
and  a  miserable,  drunken  debauchee,  he  cared  no  more  for  the 
rights  or  comfort  of  volunteers  than  if  they  were  so  many  hogs. 
The  dav  following  our  arrival  at  Crittenden,  he  assumed  com- 
mand, and  immediately  broke  camp  and  marched  back  to  a  place 
between  Florence  and  Walton,  and  established  his  headquarters 
at  Florence.  He  rode  into  camp,  the  next  day,  just  in  time  to  see 
two  men  of  Company  A,  who  had  been  on  picket,  come  in,  each 
carrying  two  chickens  in  his  hands.  Following  them  to  their 
compan\-,  he  immediately  (ordered  them  to  be  bucked  and  gagged, 
and  to  remain  in  that  condition  cner  night.  Captain  Steryl  had 
no  more  than  carried  this  order  into  efl'ect  when  Colonel  Reilly 
appeared  on  the  scene.  The  Colonel  was  a  big,  burly  son  of  the 
Emerald  Isle,  with   an    immense    head    crow  ned    Iw    a    mammoth 


KMT  J/  1{E(^IME.\T.  9 

>h<)ck  of  ji^ri/.zly  hair  and  bearded  like  the  jiard.  His  temper,  at 
no  time  sweet,  was  now  aroused  to  tlie  fii^htinj^  pitch,  and  striding 
u])  to  Captain  Ster\  I  he  thundered  out:  "Release  those  men: 
and  it"  ever  I  see  anotlier  man  of  m\  command  hacked  and 
«;a<j«^cd  in  tliis  refjjiment,  while  I  command  it,  I "II  put  handcutl's 
on  the  otiicer  who  dares  to  do  it.""  Then  turninj^  to  (ienerai 
Jiidah,  the  enraged  Colonel  t'airK  shrieked;  "It  e\er  nou  come 
into   this  command    with    an\    more    such    orders.    Til  let    da\light 

through  vour  d d  hide."        lie  could  swear  a  l)lue  streak    at   the 

slightest  provocation,  and  now  the  air  was  tairK  loaded  w  ith  the 
hrimstone  smoke  as  he  stormed  and  tumed  till  his  tem])er  cooled 
down.  The  experiment  was  ne\  er  repeated.  The  hoys  had  all 
along  regarded  the  Colonel  as  a  \  er\  tyrant,  hut  as  time  wore  on 
we  found  him  a  friend  indeed.  We  were  now  in  a  poorU 
watered  countr\ ,  with  few  springs,  and  these  mostly  drietl  up, 
and  the  wells  in  the  same  condition  from  a  five  months"  drought 
of  unusual  se\erit\,  e\  en  in  that  drought-cursed  neighhorlnxxl. 
Close  by  our  camp  was  one  of  those  sink-holes  [)eculiar  to 
limestone  regions;  quite  a  large  one,  with  plenty  of  water;  stag- 
nant, though,  and  covered  three  inches  thick  with  the  peculiar 
thin  scum  called  frog  spittle.  Here  we  camjied  for  three  long, 
hot,  dust\,  weeks — men  and  horses  and  mules  alike  drinking  of 
the, filthy  stuff,  till  the  water  became  so  low  as  to  show  what  lay 
hid  in  the  bottom.  Imagine  our  surprise  and  disgust  at  discovei- 
ing  that  all  this  time  we  had  been  drinking  the  decaying  carcasses 
of  thirteen  dead  mules,  thrown  in  there  by  the  rebels  on  their 
retreat.  This  was  the  famous  camp  at  Snow"s  Pond.  We  now 
marched  back  south  again  to  the  other  side  of  Walton,  and 
camped  at  a  similar,  though  smaller  pond.  In  the  \icinity  were 
two  or  three  nearly  dried  up  springs,  where,  at  all  hours  of  the 
day  and  night,  men,  loaded  with  canteens,  might  be  seen  waiting 
for  their  turn  to  dip  up  the  intolerable  stuff.  This  time  the 
General  made  his  headquarters  in  a  large  brick  house,  owned  by  a 
rebel  major  ^vho  had  left  his  family  at  home.  The  house  was 
almost  screened  from  view  by  a  high  and  thick  hedge  of  Osage 
orange.  One  day  an  iSth  Michigan  man  thoughtlessly  took  off 
his  clothes  and  proceeded  to  wash  them  at  the  pond.  The  lady  of 
the  house  rei)orted  the  fact  to  (ieneral  Judah,  though  it  was 
utterly  impossible  to  see  through  the  hedge,  except  by  parting  the 
branches  to  look  through.  The  man  was  put  under  arrest,  and 
the  next  da\-  he  was  ortlered  to  ha\e  one  side  of  his   head   shaveil. 


lO  HIS  TO  in-  OF  THE  » 

ami  also  oiu-  side  of  his  niagniticeiit  beard,  and  be  drummed  out 
of  cam]),  without  even  waiting  for  the  tender  mercies  of  a  court 
martial.  This  infernal  order  was  that  very  day  carried  into  eftect 
before  the  whole  brigade,  drawn  up  in  line  to  witness  it.  That 
night  more  than  fortx'  men,  some  of  them  members  of  the  104th, 
la\  in  ambush  at  ditt'erent  points  on  the  pike  leading  to  Cincin- 
nati, whither  the  Genei'al  had  gone,  and  he  certainly  would  have 
been  killed  hatl  he  not  been  so  drunk  that  he  fell  oft'  his  horse  on 
the  roadside,  where  he  was  found  next  morning.  He  had  shame 
enough  left  to  ask  to  be  relieved  from  command,  which  was  done. 
General  Bin-bridge  taking  his  place  in  command  of  the  second 
brigade.  Now  we  began  a'  forward  movement,  first  to  Eagle 
Creek,  thence  to  Georgetown.  From  Eagle  Creek  on  we  had 
good  water  in  plentv,  and  at  Georgetown  camped  by  an  innnense 
spring  from  which  a  fine  mill  stream  issued  forth,  furnishing 
power  in  half  a  mile  for  two  large  flouring  mills,  saw  mills,  and 
otlier  machiner\ ,  with  plenty  of  water  going  to  waste.  We  were 
now  in  the  edge  of  the  famous  Blue  Grass  region,  as  famous  for 
its  fcrtilit\  as  the  countrv  we  had  just  left  was  for  its  poverty. 
The  niglit  after  our  arrival,  we  were  aroused  at  two  o'clock  A.  m. 
and  marched  to  Lexington,  the  last  five  miles  on  the  double  quick, 
arri\ing  just  in  time  to  save  the  town  from  a  general  conflagration 
at  the  hands  of  John  Morgan's  men,  who,  being  mounted,  escaped 
across  the  Kentucky  river,  without  loss,  carrying  oft'  considerable 
plunder.  In  the  afternoon  we  pitched  our  tents  in  the  Central 
Kentuck\  fair  grounds,  where  we  remained  for  several  weeks, 
engaged  in  the  disagreeable  but  important  and  necessary  work  of 
drill  and  discipline. 

Shortly  after  our  arrival  at  Lexington  a  number  of  changes 
were  made  among  the  general  ofiicers  of  our  command.  Gen. 
(jillmore  was  transferred  to  the  southern  coast,  where  he  so  sig- 
nally proved  his  fitness  and  efficiency  as  an  engineer  and  artillerist. 
Gen.  Burbridge  was  promoted  to  the  command  of  the  division, 
and  the  young  and  talented  Gen.  Wager  .Swayne  to  the 
brigade.  Gen.  Swayne  immediateh  inaugurated  a  series  ot 
brigade  drills,  in  which  he  excelled  any  other  officer  I  have 
ever  seen.  Seated  on  his  horse,  in  the  center  of  a  great 
field,  over  every  part  of  which  his  clear,  ringing  voice  could 
be  heard,  he  gave  orders  to  each  in  turn  of  the  half  dozen  infantry 
regiments  and  two  batteries  of  which  the  brigade  consisted  with- 
out the  assistance  of  an  orderly  or  bugler,  and  every   movement 


10.',  ril  RE  GIME X  r.  1 1 

in  each  column,  or  the*  whole  brijj^adc  at  once,  was  carried  into 
ertect  without  confusion  or  mistake.  The  efficiency  and  precision 
which  ever  after  characterized  tlie  moxements  of  the  104th  and 
other  troo))s  in  this  lirigade  were  lar<iel\  due  to  the  excellent  drill 
and  discipline  of  (ien.  SAvayne.  About  X<)\end)er  Hrst  a  detail 
of  two  men  from  each  company  was  >ent  w  ith  Scri^eant  Frank 
Day,  to  truard  the  commissary  department  and  to  load  and  unload 
provisions. 

About  this  time  Capt.  Horton,  iia\  in^-  been  exchanj^ed,  <;ot  his 
commission,  and  joinetl  the  comjjany,  with  which  he  remained  e\  er 
present  until  the  fatal  day  in  May.  1S64.  when  he  fell  before  a  rebel 
sharpshooter.     About  December  first  quite  a  change  was  made  in 
the  organization  of  the  Army  of  Kentucky.     The  two  Michigan 
reo-iments  and  ziiS.  Wisconsin  were  transferred  to  otlier  commands, 
while  their  places  were  filled  by  the  newly  formed    112th  Illinois. 
I2th  Kentucky,  and  44th  and  icx)th  Ohio.  Col.  Sam  (rilbert,  of  the 
44th.  taking  the  place  of  Gen.  Swayne  in  command  of  the  brigade. 
In  the  early  part  of  December  the  brigade  remo\  ed  to  Richmond, 
where  thev  set  about  fortifying  the  place,  and  by  the  end   of  1862 
had    a    strong  line    of    earthworks    thrown    up  around    the    town. 
We    made    quite  a   jolly    Christmas  of  it  all   together.     Nearly 
all   of   the  boys   had    recei\ed    various    good    things    from    home, 
and    the    several    messes     were    able    to    fill     u])    with    something 
better  than   hardtack   and   bacon.      Nearly  all  had   received  warm, 
woolen     imderclothing.    mittens,     socks,     etc..     from    lo\ed    ones 
at  home,  so  that  at  the  end  of  ovn-  first  three  months  in  service  we 
were  c[uite  comfortable  for  soldiers,  and.  although   there  had    been 
considerable  sickness  in  the  regiment,  there  had  been  no  deaths- 
About  December  thirtieth   \ve  marched   tt)   Danville,  and  the  first 
of    lanuarv   started    for    P^-ankfort.    where   we  arrived    about   the 
fourth.      Col.  Gilbert  was  put   in    command   of  the    post,  and    Col- 
Reillv  made  provost  marshal.      On  the  twelfth.  Companies  D  and 
K.   in   charge  of  Capt.  Jordon.   went  to   Benson    Station,   west  of 
town,  w  liere.  for  the  next  three  weeks,  we  were  engaged  in  guard- 
ing four  bridges  oAcr  a  branch  of  the  Kentucky  river.    Here  we  had 
considerable   fim   hunting  the  small    game   which   abounded,   and 
pheasants,  cpiail.   rabbits,  and  fresh   fish  from   the  creek,  helped   to 
relieve   the   monotonx    of  army   fare.      Qiiite  an   amusing   incident 
occurred  at  this  place.      One  poor,  miserable  creature,  whose  habits 
had  neaiK   depri\  ed   him  of  life   itself,  lay  in  his  tent,  too  lazy  and 
listless   to    wash  lii-^   clothes  or   himself,  until  he    w  as   literalK'  ali\e 


12  HISTORT  OF  THE 

\\  ith  \criiiiii.     Tlic  other  members  of  the  mess  slept  out  of"  doors  * 
rather  tlian  take  their  chances  in  the  same  tent.     The  weather  was 
very   severe,  and   when  at  la^t  their  patience   was  worn   out,  the 
mess  dispatched  Serj^eant  Reynolds  to  lodj^e  complaint  with  Lieut. 
Booth,  commanding.     The  lieutenant  looked  into  the  tent  and  be- 
held  the   pretense  of    humanity    within.      One  look    was  enoutjh. 
His  bile  arose  within  him.      vSeizing  the  hapless  youth  b\   the  col- 
lar, he  drag<yed  him.  trembling,  to  the  brink  of  the  ice-cold  stream 
and  proceeded   to  pitch  him   in;  when  "splash,"  and  the  six-foot 
lieutenant  went  heels  over  head  into  the  water.    Thoroughly  cooled 
of}'  he   retired   to  his  quarters,  followed  b\-   the  gibes  of  the   men. 
Four  men  were  immediately  detailed   to    heat   some  water.     The\ 
stripped  the  boy  of  his  clothes,  scalded  them  thoroughlv,  and  then 
proceeded  to  scrub  his  dirty  body  and  police  his  quarters.      He  left 
in  a  few  days  for  the  hospital,  and  we  never  saw  him  again.      Dur- 
ing this  time  a  convention  of  rebel  sympathizers  assembled  at  the 
State  House  to  vote  Kentucky  out  of  the   Union.     .Secretly  the\ 
made  their  way  into  the  capitol  and  proceeded  to  organize,  but  the 
wide-awake  Gilbert  was  on  the  alert.     Hastily  gathering  up  a  de- 
tail from  those  of  the  104th  on  duty  in  tow^n,  he  quicklv  surrounded 
the  building;  then,  with   about  twenty  more,  filed   into   the   room. 
Completely   taken   by   surprise,  the  rebels  tried   to  escape  bv   the 
windows,  and  were  gobbled  up  by  the  guard  outside.     In  the  first 
week  of  February  Companies  D  and  K  returned  to  the  regiment. 
February  twenty-first,  about  four  o'clock,  p.  m.,   we  broke  camp 
and  marched  six  miles  south,  to  the  State  Military  Institute,  where 
we  stopped  for  the  night,  drenched  to  the  skin  with  rain  and  sleet- 
Wet  and  cold  we  moved  on  in  the  morning,  with   mud  and   slush 
slopping  into  the  tops  of  our  shoes.     The  wind  was  from  the  north- 
west and  blew   bitter  cold.      That  day    we   marched   thirty-three 
miles,  and  at  nine  o'clock,  p.  m.,  reached  Harrodsburgh,  where  we 
occupied  a  place  which  had  been  a  summer   resort  for  the    South- 
ern bloods.       The  roads  were  now  almost  as  hard  as  a  rock   from 
freezing,  and  as  rough  as  can  be  imagined.     Next  day  we  marched 
to  Danville,  where  we  went  into  camp  again  for  a  few  days.     On 
the  twenty-seventh  Companies  F,  D,  I  and   H   marched   to  Hick- 
man's bridge,  over  the  Kentucky   river,  arriving  just  before  daw 
The  road  on  the  north  side  leads  by  an   easy  grade  around  and  up 
a  limestone  clitl'  six   hundred   feet  high.      At   davlight   the  rest  of 
the    regiment    arrived,    and,    breakfast    over,     we    marched    back 
twenty-one  miles  to  Lexington  and   went  into  camp.     The  hard- 


104  TH  R  E  G  [MEN  T.  I  ^ 

ships  and  cxposuit-  to  which  w  c  had  hccn  suhjcctcd  had  hc<'^un  t(; 
tell  on  the  men's  health;  one  after  another  had  heen  sent  to  the 
hospital,  till  prohahh  not  more  tiian  six  lunidred  reniained  in  the 
rej^inient.  and  nianv  of  these  were  unfit  for  dutv. 

May  twenty-second  we  ajj;ain  started  southward.  Takinj^  the 
train  at  two  o'clock,  A.  .vi.,  we  arrived  at  Xicholas\  illc  two  hours 
later,  and,  after  hreaUfast,  marched  twenty-four  miles  to  Danville. 
Just  before  noon  on  the  twenty-fourth  we  \\  ent  out  on  the  Stan- 
ford pike  in  battle  array.  The  ca\alry  \\  ere  beinji;  driven  back  b\ 
the  rebel.  (Jen.  Peyram,  who  was  on  his  t'amous  raid  throu<rh  Ken- 
tucky. .\t  three  o'clock,  v.  m..  the  104th  received  orders  to  contluct 
the  trains  back  to  Hickman's  bridfi^e,  and  we  were  soon  in  full  re- 
treat, with  about  four  men  to  each  waj^on  as  o^uards.  Col.  (Gilbert, 
with  the  4|th.  ux)th  and  103d  Ohio,  and  Gen.  Carter  with  his 
brii^ade  of  cavalry  and  mounted  infantr\  and  a  l)atterv  of  moun- 
tain howitzers,  covered  the  retreat,  and  had  several  spirited  skirm- 
ishes \\ith  the  enemy  on  the  line  of  march.  We  had  started  oft' 
so  hastily  that  our  pickets  were  left  behind  and  most  of  them 
captured.  Our  hospital  was  also  captured  and  the  occupants  made 
prisoners.  Serii^eant  L.  T.  Reynolds,  of  Companx  D.  was  taken. 
The  hardships  which  he  endured  while  in  their  hands,  resulted  in 
his  death  soon  after.  The  w  eather  was  hot,  the  road  six  inches 
deep  in  blindinj^  dust,  and  we  were  forlorn  lookin*^  objects  as  we 
marched  on  beside  the  heavily  freighted  wai^ons,  pushinjj  on  at 
breakneck  speed  for  the  shelter  of  the  inaccessible  clift's  of  Ken- 
tucky ri\  er.  We  could  plainly  hear  the  exultant  veils  of  Pegram's 
men  as  they  dashed  into  and  through  town,  while  the  pop,  pop, 
pop  of  the  little  howitzers,  and  the  incessant  fire  of  the  infantr\ 
and  cavalry  behind  us,  gave  evidence  that  thev  were  having  sharp 
work.  Thus  we  made  our  toilsome  wav  back  over  the  fifteen 
miles  to  the  bridge,  where,  weary  and  footsore,  and  half-dead  from 
the  all-pervading  limestone  dust,  which  filled  eves,  ears,  nostrils  and 
mouths,  and  feverish  from  intense  thirst,  we  crossed  and  wound 
around  the  beetling  clift's  of  '-Old  Kentuck\'s  .Sliore."  B\  mid- 
night all  the  trains  were  safe  across  the  river,  and  b\  (Jen.  Carter's 
orders  a  section  of  a  battery  was  placed  to  command  the  bridge 
and  prepared  for  ftring  if  need  be.  One  poor,  sleep\ ,  wear\ 
teamster,  w  bile  climbing  the  long  slope  up  the  clift'.  was  crowded 
oft'  by  a  skittish  mule,  and  fell  headlong  into  the  dark  abvss.  He 
was  found  in  the  morning,  with  his  back  broken,  in  the  forks  of  a 
hundred-foot  pine  more  than  two  hundred  feet  below  the  road  tVom 


H 


H IS  TOR]'  OF  THE 


which  he  fell.  At'ttM-  midnight  we  strctclied  (jur  weary  linilis  on 
the  naked  rocks  to  rest,  and  were  soon  in  dreamlanck  only  to  be 
aw'akened  to  the  cold  comforts  of  a  drenching  rain.  Even  this, 
with  its  accompaniment  of  lightning  and  thunder,  was  insufficient 
to  arouse  some  of  the  l)o\  s.  who  slept  on  and  on  until  the  heat  of 
a  blazing  southern  sun  dro\  e  them  from  the  fast  heating  rocks  at 
ten  o'clock  in  the  morning,  l^efore  noon  we  were  most  agreeably 
surprised  by  the  appearance  of  Tommy  Chapman  and  Baxter 
Fenn.  who  had  been  out  on  picket,  and  were  the  only  ones  on  the 
line  who  escaped.  As  the  rebel  cavalry  rode  up  they  had  dis- 
charged their  guns  and  run  for  dear  life,  while  a  perfect  storm  of 
shot  from  the  rebel  carbines  falling  around  them  made  them  think 
of  "Home,  Sweet  Home.''  They  soon  fountl  shelter  in  a  deep 
ravine  filled  with  tangled  undergrowth  and  \  ines,  then  followed  it 
down  to  Dick's  river,  and  down  that  to  the  Kentucky,  where  they 
halted  till  morning;  they  then  followed  the  river  down  to  a  shoal 
where  they  waded  over  to  the  north  bank,  and  finallx'  came  to  a 
ravine  whei'e,  bv  hard  climbing  over  wet  and  slimy  rocks,  they  at 
last  emerged  to  the  light  of  day  within  a  mile  of  camp,  with 
bruised  bodies  and  torn  and  tattered  clothing,  they  arrived  just 
after  dinner  to  the  great  joy  of  their  C(imradcs.  That  day  troops 
arrived  from  Lexington,  Versailles  and  other  points,  and  early  the 
next  morning  we  moved  onward  again  to  find  the  rebels,  but  they 
retreated  too  fast  for  the  infantry  to  get  within  sight  or  hearing  of 
them.  Gen.  Carter,  with  the  mounted  men,  caught  up  with  them 
in  the  evening,  at  Crab  Orchard,  where  he  had  quite  a  brush  with 
them.  He  afterwards  defeated  them  in  a  sharp  fight  at  Somerset, 
after  which  thev  drew  off  their  forces  to  Cumberland  Gap,  and 
thus  ended  "Pegram's  Raid."  The  104th  stopped  a  short  time  at 
Lancaster.  While  here,  soon  after  the  first  of  April,  Wm.  B. 
Phillips,  who  was  on  duty,  had  all  the  fingers  shot  off  his  right 
liand,  while  the  pickets  were  being  advanced  to  a  more  conven- 
ient and  better  sheltered  line. 

During  the  spring  and  early  summer  the  104th  was  almost  con- 
stantlv  on  the  move  from  towai  to  town,  till  some  time  in  May,  at 
Mount  Vernon,  the  2d  brigade  went  into  camp,  and  here,  for  several 
weeks,  the  regiment  was  subjected  to  a  most  thorough  system  of 
drill  and  discipline,  by  Capt.  Cummings,  of  the  44th  Ohio,  who 
was  detailed  for  that  purpose.  Ofificers  and  men  alike  entered  into 
the  work  with  zeal,  and  soon  were  so  far  along  in  "  Scott's  Tactics'' 
that  the  commandin<r  General  issued  a  congratulatorv  order  to  the 


lO^TH  REGIMENT.  ,c 

men,  which  was  read  at  the  cveniii*^  chess  parade.  Toward  the 
end  of  June  the  rebel,  Scott,  led  his  cavalrv  on  a  raid  throu<rh 
eastern  Kentucky,  jjlunderin^  the  farms  which  came  in  liis  wav  of 
such  horses  as  could  he  led  otl',  and  threatenin*^  oui"  communica- 
tions with  Cincinnati  and  Louisville.  Col.  (jilhert  started  with  the 
hri<^ade  and  marched  to  Paris,  where,  learnin<^  that  the  lehels  had 
retreated,  we  marched  hack  throu<^h  Lexington  to  Camp  Nelson. 
This  jjlace  had  been  selected  by  Gen.  Burnside,  who  had  assumed 
command  in  Kentucky,  as  the  supply  depot  of  the  armv  which  he 
was  organi/.inj;^  tor  an  early  in\  asion  of  East  Tennessee.  To  this 
end  the  ,\rmy  of  Central  Kentucky  was  reoro^anized.  and  hcnce- 
f(jrth  was  known  as  the  33d  Army  Corps,  which  was  placed  in 
command  of  Gen.  Hartsuff.  The  new  corps  comprised  four  divi- 
sions, of  which  the  ist,  consistinj4-  of  cavalr\-  and  mounted  in- 
fantry, and  the  2d  and  3d  of  infantry,  were  to  march  over  the 
mountains;  while  Gen.  Burl)rid<i^e.  with  the  4th,  was  to  remain  in 
Kentucky  and  keep  our  communications  open.  The  104th  was 
associated  witii  the  44th  and  looth  and  103d  Ohio,  i6th  Kentuckv, 
Ii2th  Illinois  and  the  new  8th  Tennessee,  as  the  ist  Bri^-ade.  3d 
Division,  23d  Armv  Corps. 

Great  changes  had  taken  place  in  the  regiment,  among  their 
officers,  and  also  in  the  modes  of  life  and  habits  of  the  men.  Of 
the,  field  officers,  only  the  hot-tempered,  grizzly  old  colonel  re- 
mained. The  scholarly  and  silver-tongued  Major  had  resigned. 
His  tastes  and  talents  better  fitted  him  for  the  deliver\-  of  learned 
discourses,  than  to  endure  the  hardships  and  privations  of  a  sol- 
dier's life.  It  would  be  hard  to  find  a  finer  looking  officer,  or  one 
who  delighted  in  the  pomp  and  display,  the  tinsel  and  magnifi- 
cence of  grand  parade,  more  than  our  Lieutenant  Colonel  Mariner, 
the  very  iic  pins  ultra  of  the  Fourth  of  July  soldier.  He  did  not 
like  to  get  dust  on  his  clothes  or  in  his  mouth.  He  had  no  relish 
for  bean  soup  and  hardtack,  and  he  preferred  something  pleasanter 
than  mud,  in  the  water  he  drank.  So  he  had  sought  and  found  a 
soft  snap  in  the  quartermaster's  department,  and  we  ne\  er  saw 
him  more.  It  is  but  simple  justice  to  both  these  ofticers,  however, 
to  state  that  they  were  kind-hearted  gentlemen,  against  whom  no 
one  harbored  any  but  kindlv  feelings. 

When  the  regiment  marched,  it  was  no  longer  encumbered 
with  a  wagon  train  a  mile  long,  to  carry  the  tents  and  knapsacks 
of  the  men,  and  when  they  arrived  in  camp  they  were  no  longer 
obliged  to  wait  half  or    perhaps   all    night,  before   thcv   could    get 


l6  HISTORV  OF  7- HE 

tlieir  tents  or  their  l)hmkets.  The  <^reat  Bell  and  A  tents,  hir<ie 
enoiiji^h  to  shelter  a  dozen  or  more,  had  been  exchanged  for  Httle 
pieces  of  canvas,  about  six  feet  square.  Of  these  each  man  had 
a  piece.  They  were  so  fitted  with  buttons  and  loops,  that  two 
buttoned  together  and  tlirown  over  a  short  pole  set  on  posts 
served  as  a  shelter  for  two,  or  one  or  two  more  might  close  up 
the  spaces  at  the  ends,  and  three  or  four  could  crawl  in  like  so 
man\-  dogs  in  a  kennel,  and  be  as  happy  as  "pigs  in  cloxer."  If 
we  wanted  our  blanket  or  overcoat,  there  was  no  waiting  for  the 
train.  The\  were  safeh  strapped  to  our  knapsacks,  and  those 
were  on  our  backs. 

The  rules  and  regulations  of  the  camp  were  less  rigorous,  and 
the  duties  less  onerous  than  four  months  before.  Instead  of  one- 
fourtb  of  the  men  being  kept  on  guard,  to  keep  the  men  from 
stealing  the  camp  and  running  oft'  with  it,  there  w'as  one  man  sta- 
tioned at  the  Colonel's  tent,  and  another  to  guard  the  commissary 
Again,  if  a  man  did  not  like  the  meat  and  coftee  as  prepared  by 
the  companv  cook,  he  could  cook  them  himself.  This  was  done 
l)v  most  of  the  men,  and  added  much  to  the  general  health.  When 
we  first  went  out,  it  was  a  crime  punishable  with  the  guard-house, 
for  a  private  to  fry  his  salt  pork,  or  crackers,  or  cook  his  own 
beans,  and  it  is  safe  to  sav,  that  one-half  of  the  sickness  which 
overtook  the  men  had  been  caused  by  the  greasy  boiled  pork  and 
bean  slop,  which  our  medical  authorities  directed  should  be  fixed 
up  to  tempt  our  appetites.  The  bo}  s  soon  learned  to  fix  up  their 
plain,  but  substantial,  fare  in  various  ways  to  suit  their  own  tastes, 
and  we  were  from  this  time  reasonably  free  from  that  worst  of 
armv  scoun>es,  the  chronic  diarrhea. 


10',  TH  REfilMEX  T.  17 


ClIAPTICK    II. 


ACROSS    THK    MOl  XTAIXS. 


'riic  i()_}^lh  had  a  j^ood  cornet  IkukI  cil^IiI  months  hetorc 
the  44th  hrouLcht  one  hito  the  l)vi<;a(le.  Then  came  the  112th 
Illinois  with  another  <>()0(1  one.  Xow  we  had  been  orloryin^; 
in  the  best  martial  music  in  the  dixision,  and  tor  another,  and 
still  another,  to  come  in  and  snatch  a\\a\'  an\  of  our  honors,  was 
(we  thouiijht)  "too  thin;""  so  the  officers  put  their  Iieads  toj^ether, 
and  the  outcome  was,  that  the\  raised  thirteen  hundred  dollars, 
which  thev  sent  to  Cincinnati,  and  procured  a  full  set  of  l)and  in- 
struments. Then  there  appeared  in  camp  a  little,  yellow-haired 
man.  in  citizens'  clothes.  It  was  Professor  Dustin  Marble,  who 
had  come  all  the  wa\  from  Akron  to  teach  the  boys  h(n\-  to  make 
those  siKer  horns  talk.  He  had  soon  selected  a  sufficient  nimiber. 
and  trained  them  so  that  in  a  short  time  they  could  render 
several  pieces  well.  Before  six  months  had  passed  ours  was  ac- 
knowlcdi^ed  to  be  b\   far  the  best  band  in  the  corps. 

Rev.  Buel  Whitney,  a  private  in  Company  I,  was  surprised 
bevond  measure  when  one  day  he  was  presented,  by  the  Colonel, 
with  a  commission,  from  (jovernor  Tod,  making-  him  chaplain  of 
the  reo^iment.  He  was  a  plain,  gc^od  man,  and  endeared  himself 
to  all  the  bovs  b\'  his  careful  nursing,  when  the\'  were  sick,  by  his 
gt)od  and  timch'  counsel,  and  bv  his  excellent  Christian  example. 

.Vugust  thirteenth  Gen.  Burnside  arrived  in  camp  from  \'icks- 
burg.  where  he  had  been  with  the  9th  Corps,  helping  Gen.  Grant 
in  the  great  siege.  We  were  favorabh  impressed  with  the  appear- 
ance and  conduct  of  the  general,  w  ho  combined  in  his  person  the 
ver^-  highest  t\  pe  of  manh"  beautw  and  the  bland  and  gracious 
manners  of  the  perfect  gentleman. 

The  next  dav  we  marched  to  I)an\  ille.  and  on  the  sixteenth  to 
Stanford.  Here  had  come  all  the  troops  belonging  tt)  our  corps, 
except  IJurbridge.  with  the  4th  Division,  and  here  we  were  fur- 
nished with  a  t\dl  outfit  of  clothing,  except  o\crcoats.  Each  man 
\\  as  also  t'uinished  with  an  extra  pair  of  shoes.  We  were  issued 
eight   d.-i\s"  ration^   and   one   liundred    lounds   of  ammunition    ])er 


iS  HISTORY  OF  THE 

man.  tlic  usual  fortv  rounds  in  oui"  cartrid<i^e  boxes,  the  remainder 
in  our  knapsacks.  Qiiite  a  number  of  the  lioys  wci<i^hed  their 
load,  including  their  arms.  Mine,  I  remember,  weighed  se\entv- 
four  poinids,  which  was  about  the  average,  the  weights  ranging 
from  se\entv  to  eighty  pounds.  These  we  were  to  carry  on  a 
forced  march  of  over  two  hundred  miles. 

August  nineteenth  we  started  forward,  passing  through  Crab 
Orchard,  o\  er  the  wild,  desolate  region  of  the  Wild  Cat  Moun- 
tains, to  vSomerset  and  to  the  Cumberland  river,  where  w'e  arrived 
at  noon  of  the  twentv-foin-tli.  The  water  in  the  ri\er  was  in  no 
place  more  than  waist  deep,  and  was  very  warm.  The  boys  had 
a  jolly  time  of  it  bathing,  the  water  being  clear  as  crystal.  About 
four  o  clock  we  forded  the  river  and  came  out  dry  on  the  other 
side.  We  marched  on  sixteen  miles  the  next  day,  and  twenty- 
tw'o  on  the  twenty-sixth,  and  camped  three  miles  south  of  the 
Tennessee  line,  at  the  little  hamlet  of  Chitwood,  consisting  of  a 
log  store,  a  blacksmith  shop,  and  three  dwellings,  also  built  of 
logs.  Here  we  halted  two  days  to  give  Shackleford  time  to  dis- 
tract the  attention  of  the  rebels  from  our  advance,  bv  threatening 
the  passes  of  the  Cumberland  mountains  bv  Cumberland,  Pound. 
and  Big  Creek  gaps. 

We  were  now  in  a  mountain  wilderness,  sparsely  inhabited  bv 
wild  and  verv  ignorant  hunters,  of  whom  all  the  able-bodied 
men  were  gone;  most  of  them  l)eing  meml)ers  of  the  nine  east 
Tennessee  regiments  of  our  command.  One  of  the  prominent 
figures  on  this  march  was  the  long,  gaunt,  slab-sided  Colonel  Jim 
Brownlow.  the  boy  colonel  of  the  first  Tennessee  cavalry,  who, 
w'ith  his  regiment,  and  accompanied  by  his  peaked-faced  old 
father,  marched  with  the  third  division,  and  scoured  the  country 
in  front  and  on  the  flanks  to  keep  clear  of  rebels  the  country 
ahead.  They  were  impatient  to  go,  for  in  the  great  vallev  just 
ahead,  and  along  the  slopes  of  the  Clinch  aiid  Smoky  mountains, 
lay  the  homes  from  which  thev  had  fled  months  before,  to  escape 
the  service  imposed  upon  all  east  Tennesseeans  b}'  conscription 
into  the  rebel  armies.  After  months  of  toil  and  privation,  these 
hardv,  loyal  fellows  were  going  home  to  their  wives  and 
children,  their  mothers  and  sweethearts,  and  all  the^  held  most 
dear  on  earth. 

August  twenty-ninth  we  started  on  again,  marching  in  two 
days  the  fortv  miles  of  mountain  forest,  between  Chit\vood  and 
Montgomer^•,  in  which  we  saw  no  more  than  half  a   dozen  clear- 


lOJiTH  REGIMENT. 


19 


ings  oil  the  route.  We  took  dinner  one  of  these  days  at  a  Httle 
clearinjj^  of  ])erhaps  twenty  acres,  enclosed  Ijy  a  brush  fence,  and 
containinjj,-  a  Hnc  spriiiij^  of  the  purest,  sweetest  water  I  e\  er 
(h-ank,  and  a  little,  old  lojj^-cabiii,  inhabited  by  an  old  man  and  a 
iiumerous  family  of  children  of  three  LCenerations.  lie  had  heard 
tile  noise  of  our  cnniint;',  and  had  come  out  to  meet  us,  to  find  out 
what  was  the  mattti".  ThouL^h  o\  er  eii^hty  years  old,  he  told  r.s 
he  had  iic\  er  before  seen  a  Ha<^,  nor  heard  a  drum,  nor  had  he 
e\  er  been  so  tar  from  home  as  Jacksboro,  nine  miles  to  the  east. 
( )ur  little  army  was  a  world  of  xyonders  to  him  and  his  famih, 
none  of  whom  supposed  there  were  so  many  people  in  the  world^ 
On  either  side  of  the  sprin<j  stood  two  weepiiiLj  willows,  of  ycner- 
able  age  and  gigantic  pro])ortions,  but  without  a  sign  of  deca\ . 
One  of  these  giants  was  measured,  and  t'ound  to  exceed  tweh  e 
feet  in  circumference,  one  foot  aboye  the  ground.  The  other  was 
nearly  as  large.  On  this  march  we  felt  the  inspiration  of  song,  to 
stir  the  flagging  energies,  as  we  neyer  did  before  oi'  after.  When 
fairly  on  the  road,  some  one  would  strike  up  the  -'Red,  White  and 
Blue,"  '•Ellsworth,"  "Hail  Columbia,"  or  .iny  of  the  popular 
ballads  of  the  da\ .  \\\  an  instant  it  would  be  caught  up  b\ 
t)thers,  and  long  before  the  Hrst  stan/.a  \yas  ended,  the  gloomy, 
old  forest  would  ring  again  with  music,  from  the  united  voices  of 
ten  thousand  throats.  V>\  far  the  most  popular  and  inspiring  of 
all.  was  the  simple  ballad,  sung  in  slow  and  mournful  cadence, 
beginning  with:  "John  Brown's  body  lies  a  moldering  in  the 
grave."  The  last  day  of  August,  we  marched  from  AIontgomer\ 
down  the  valle\'  of  EiiKn-y's  river  to  the  fertile  l)ottom  of  Clinch 
river,  W'here  we  sa^^■  fine  farms  and  orchaids  loaded  with 
luscious  fruits,  and  immense  fields  of  excellent  corn,  on  which 
the  boys  had  a  glorious  feast.  About  the  middle  of  the  after- 
noon we  came  to  the  Island  ford,  four  miles  above  Kingston^ 
The  water  was  about  three  feet  deep,  and  only  less  cold  than  ice- 
water  from  the  innumerable  springs  that  feed  the  river  throughout 
its  length.  .Vll  hands  put  their  traps  upon  their  shoulders, 
plunged  in,  and  waded  across.  From  here  we  wound  along  by  a 
mere  bridle  path  up  to  the  summit  of  Clinch  mountain,  which  we 
reached  just  at  dark.  The  load  down  the  mountain  was  rock\- 
and  dangerous,  aiul  led  through  a  deep,  narrow  gorge  where  the 
darkness  couUl  be  felt,  it  was  so  intense.  Four  miles  tVom  the 
summit  we  emerged  into  the  open  plain  and  camped,  having  suc- 
cessfulh   passed  all  the  great  mountain  barriers  to  the  countr\   by 


20  HIS  TOR}'  OF  THE 

hridlc  paths;  and  while  the  rel)els  were  still  looking-  for  us  at  the. 
various  i^^aps  of  the  Cuniherland,  we  reaehed  and  entered  the 
;j^reat  linieslone  \  alle\'  deserihed  hv  rehel  authorities  as  the 
•'Rotten  lieart  of  the  Confederae\  "• — loyal  East  Tennessee.  The 
rebels  made  no  attempt  to  further  defend  the  countrw  but  fled 
precipitateh  before  us,  and  at  the  v\\(\  of  two  more  toilsome  days' 
marchingr  in  ox  erpowerino-  heat  and  blindiuL;-  dust,  we  entered  the 
cit\  of  Know  ille  at  four  o'clock,  p.  M.,  September  second,  amid 
the  wildest  demonstrations  of  joy  from  an  oppressed  and  loni^;- 
suflerinu;  people,  to  whom  these  able-bodied  men,  the  husbands  of 
these  surt'erino-  wives,  the  fathers  of  these  children,  had  now 
returned  to  deliver  their  native  land  from  the  hand  of  the  de- 
spoiler.  An  address  of  welcome  was  delivered  to  General  Burn- 
side,  who  in  turn  promised  protection  to  the  people,  and  advised 
all  good  citizens  to  go  home  to  their  regular  business. 

It  was  now  one  vear  to  a  da\-  since  the  104th  had  crossed  the 
Ohio  at  Cincinnati.  We  had  marched  many  hundred  miles. 
]Manv  had  gone  to  "that  bourne  from  whence  no  traveler  e'er 
returns,"  still  more  were  languishing  in  hospitals,  or  had  been 
discharged  and  sent  home,  physical  wrecks.  We  had  endured 
and  suftered  much  in  common  with  other  soldiers,  but  as  yet  we 
were  entireh  imacquainted  with  the  horrors  of  the  battle-field. 
Burnside's  loss  was  comparati\  eh  nothing  so  far,  and  all  fulh' 
believed  that  we  ^vere  to  escape  most  of  the  horrors  of  war  in 
the  future,  as  in  the  past.  Though  numbering  only  about  six 
hundred  men,  those  who  yet  remained  were  toughened  and 
hardened  by  exposure  and  hardship,  until  the  regiment  was 
probably  as  strong  for  duty  as  it  had  ever  been.  About  sundoyvn, 
Colonel  Gilbert  led  the  first  brigade  to  the  fair  ground,  east  of 
town,  \vhere  we  went  into  camp. 

Though  the  rebels  had  abandoned  the  heart  of  East  Tennes- 
see, without  a  struggle,  they  yet  held  in  our  rear  the  almost  im- 
pregnable natural  fortress  of  Cumberland  Gap.  Through  this 
led  the  only  passable  road  bet\yeen  our  army  and  its  base  of 
operations  in  Kentucky.  The  rebels  had  left  very  little  forage  or 
breadstufls  in  the  country,  so  it  was  evident  that  we  must  ha\e 
that  r.>ad  open  or  leave  the  country.  General  Shackleford  was 
sent  to  cut  of!"  the  rebel  communication  with  western  Virginia,  and 
on  September  seventh,  Burnside  himself,  with  the  44th,  103d,  and 
104th  Ohio.  8th  Tennessee,  and  112th  Illinois,  with  Konkle's  Bat- 
tery   I),   and   vShields"    19th   Ohio    liatterx ,   under  Colonel  Gilbert, 


lOJfTH  REGIMENT.  21 

started  tor  the  '^ccnc  of  action.  Alter  a  march  oi"  -^ixty  miles, 
throui^h  Mavnar(l\  ille.  and  the  lemains  of  \\  hat  had  been  Taze- 
well, we  arri\ed  w  itliin  lour  miles  ot"  the  ^ap.  on  llie  ni^lit  of  the 
ei<^htii.  Meantime  Shackleford's  men  liad  closely  invested  the 
])lace.  and  earl\  the  next  morninj^  captured  and  burned  a  larj^e 
flour  mill,  containing-  most  ot'  the  I'eiiel  supj^lies,  which  they 
burned  to  the  <4round.  bein<>'  unable  to  hold  it  so  close  to  the  rebel 
fortifications.  Immediatelv  our  bri_<i^ade  was  marched  up  at 
(loul)le  (piick.  formed  in  line  ot"  battle,  skirmishers  deployed,  and 
had  just  iX'ceixed  the  order  to  charLCe,  when  oLit  on  the  breeze  in 
the  rebel  t'oil.  we  plainh  saw  the  rebel  t^ai;-  lowered,  and  in  its 
place  was  hoisted  tlie  white  l1a;4'  in  token  of  surrendei".  This  was 
unlooked  tor,  as  the  rebel  commander,  (icneral  I'razier,  !iad  re- 
fused to  surrender  w  hen  asked   to  do  so  not  an  hour  before. 

Hut  General  DeCouixw  was  in  his  tVont  with  a  bri<rade  fresh 
from  the  north,  l>urnside  had  cut  otf  all  chance  tor  retreat  into 
Virginia,  and  his  supplies  were  destroyed.  IJesides,  a  mutiny 
broke  out  in  the  rebel  camp;  the  halfdiearted  North  Carolinians, 
most  of  whom  were  in  the  rebel  ser\ice  a^^ainst  their  will,  refused 
to  fij^ht:  so  this  important  strong-hold  tell  into  our  bands  without  a 
battle.  We  captured  one  major  j^eneral,  four  regiments  of  in- 
fantry, twelve  heav\-  siege  guns,  four  field  pieces,  seven  battle-flags, 
and  a  large  wagon  train;  in  all  twenty -three  hundred  men.  It 
opened  up  our  communications,  and  left  us  masters  of  the  situ- 
ation. The  104th  was  ordered  up  to  take  ]:)ossession  (jf  the  works, 
and  were  just  entering  the  fortifications  when  we  met  DeCourcy"s 
men"  coming  in  from  the  other  side.  15y  (ieneral  l>urnside's  orders. 
the  Kj^th  took  charge  of  the  ])ris()ners.  and  marched  back  \vitli 
them  to  an  immense  spring,  about  a  mile  east  of  the  Ciap,  where 
we  guarded  them  till  the  morning  of  the  ele\  enth.  when  w*.- 
turned  them  over  to  \\'olford"s  ca\  alr\-.  who  guarded  them 
through  to  Camp  Xelson.  This  important  victor\  was  won  w  ith 
the  loss  of  one  killed,  and  three  woundeil  in  our  whole  command. 
Our  brigade  came  ofl"  without  a  scratch.  We  marched  back  to 
Tazewell,  where  we  camped  for  the  night.  This  bail  been  a  strong 
Union  town,  and  for  this  cause  Kirbv  Sniith's  men  burned  it  ti> 
the  ground  on  their  retreat  from  Kentuck\ . 

We  marched  back  as  we  came,  arriving  at  Knoxville  on  the 
thirteenth.  We  lived  mostlv  on  green  corn  on  this  expedition, 
as  also  on  the  one  we  soon  afterwai'ds  made  into  the  country  ot 
upper  East  Tennessee.      We  had  let"t  one   of  the   best    of  our  regi- 


22  HISTOID r  OF  THE 

meats  hchiiul.  the  l)ra\e  Imt  untortiinatc  looth  ()hii>.  When  we 
^ot  baek  they  had  ^one  up  to  Greemille.  from  w  hich  place  they 
marched  to  Hhie  Spring-s,  where,  on  the  twenty-Hrst,  they  had  a 
fight  with  a  greatly  superior  force  under  the  rebel  general,  Sam 
Jones.  After  a  sharp  and  bloody  fight,  the  most  of  the  I'egiment, 
inchuling  Colonel  (jrot)me,  were  taken  ]:>risoners.  ()ur  sta\  at 
Kno.wille  this  time  was  short. 

Next  morning  we  took  a  train  for  the  nortlieastern  part  of  the 
State,  where  the  reliels,  imder  General  Sam  Jcnies,  were  ha\ing  it 
pretty  much  their  own  \\ay,  capturing  detachments  of  our  men  at 
different  points,  and  escaping  \\\i\\  his  jDrisoners  to  ^'irginia. 
About  midnight  the  next  night  we  arrived  at  Henderson,  where 
we  unloaded  and  lay  over  until  morning.  Next  dav  we  maiehed 
twenty-one  miles  to  Johnson's  Station.  In  passing  through  [one--- 
boro,  just  after  leaving  town,  a  shot  from  a  thicket  of  voimg  j)ines 
laid  one  poor  fellow  cold  in  death.  A  large  detail  was  immedi- 
ately sent  to  scour  the  hills,  and  soon  the  bushwhacker  \\  as  in  our 
hands.  Instead  of  hanging  him  to  the  first  tree,  he  was  put  under 
guard  and  taken  along  with  us  till  our  return  to  Knoxxille. 

Two  miles  east  of  Johnson's  Station  was  a  large  railroad 
bridge  over  the  Wautaga  ri^•er.  Here  Shackleford's  men  had 
been  skirmishing  with  Sam  Jones"  rebels  for  three  days  without 
much  execution  on  either  side.  Early  in  the  morning  we  started 
to  the  front.  The  skirmishing  had  become  cpiite  lively,  and  we 
went  on  to  within  one- fourth  mile  of  the  ri\er.  where  we  formed 
into  line  of  battle,  and  had  just  started  forward  when  the  flames 
and  smoke  of  the  bin-ning  bridge  told  us  plainly  enough  that  the 
'Johnnies"  had  taken  the  alarm  and  were  making  a  hast\  retreat. 
Most  of  their  skirmishers,  three  hundred  and  twent} -four  in 
iTumber,  were  taken  prisoners. 

That  afternoon  we  went  l)ack  to  Jonesboro.  and  next  day  to 
Henderson,  ^yherc,  with  our  prisoners,  we  took  the  train  and  went 
back  to  Knoxville,  having  been  on  this  trip  less  than  a  week.  A 
pleasant  incident  of  this  trip  was  a  charge  b\-  the  104th  on  the 
door-yard  and  grounds  of  the  rebel  general,  Hushrod  Jt)hnson, 
where  we  captured  thirty  hives  of  bees,  whose  \yealth  we  confis. 
cated  to  Uncle  Sam's  use.  and  disposed  of  very  soon. 

Upon  our  arri\al  in  Knoxville,  we  went  into  camp  on  the  high 

blufl'on  the  rixerside  west  of  town.     L'ol.  (iilbert  was  immediately 

,  ]3ut  in  commaiul  of  the  post,  and  the  44th  did  dut\-  for  a  short  time 

as  provost  guards.     At  the  same  time  Col.  Reilly  was  set  to  work 


lflJ!^TH  liEGIMEXT.  33 

organizing  a  brigade  of  Tcnncssceans  and  Xorth  Carolinians,  four 
regiments  of  each,  from  the  refugees  with  wiiich  tlie  city  was  at 
this  time  crowded.  At  this  time  the  I04tli,  in  command  of  Major 
vSter\  1.  had  hut  Uttle  to  do  except  that  her  othcers  were  kept  hus\- 
driUing  the  mountain-l)oomers  into  the  sem])hnice  of  soldiers. 
Several  of  our  men  recei\  ed  commissions  in  the  new  legiments. 
Of  these  Capt.  iialmey  became  colonel  ot'  the  4th  North  Caro- 
lina. These  halcvon  days  did  not  last  long.  howe\  er.  One  da) 
the  news  came  that  Rosecrans  had  been  beaten  in  a  terrible  l)attle 
on  the  Chickamauga,  and  drixeii  into  Chattanooga.  Immediatel\ 
all  was  bustle  and  confusion.  The  new  troops  were  set  to  work 
fortifying  the  hills  around  tow  n.  and  oui"  officers  and  men  on  de- 
tached ser\ice  came  back  to  cami>.  w  here  for  two  days  e\  ery 
energy  was  turned  to  acti\  e  preparations  tor  the  marcli  to  Chatta- 
nooga. Just  as  eyer\thing  was  readw  and  orders  had  been  given 
for  marching  the  next  da\ .  word  came  from  Chattanooga  that  we 
were  not  needed.  The  Know  ille  people  now  ])etitioned  that  the 
104th  be  placed  on  proxost  duty  in  town.  So  Col.  Reilly  bt'came 
provost  marshal,  and  for  a  month  we  enjoyed  the  pleasantest  sea- 
son we  ever  had  in  the  arm\ .  \\'e  noxv  set  about  building  per- 
manent quarters  for  the  regiment.  There  was  in  the  hands  of  our 
officers  cpiite  an  amount  of  money  known  as  the  company  funds, 
which  came  as  a  connnutation  for  rations  which  we  had  failed  to 
draw.  This  fund  now  came  in  play  at  the  officers"  discretion,  and 
with  it  they  bought  a  fine  lf)t  of  standing  young  pines,  w  hich  we 
cut  and  hauled  to  camp  and  from  them  built  our  shanties.  They 
were  built  double,  three  to  each  company,  and  formed  three  sides 
of  a  square,  the  west  side  being  taken  up  by  the  officers"  tents. 
The  interior  was  kept  as  clean  as  a  floor,  and  here,  almost  every 
afternoon,  the  regiment  went  through  the  splendid  e\  olutions  of  the 
dress-parade,  before  a  large  company  of  generals,  staft'-officers, 
and  himdreds  of  ladies  and  gentlemen,  the  elite  of  the  city.  W'e 
liked  this  kind  of  soldiering,  and  fondh'  hoped  we  might  be 
allowed  to  remain  on  duty  here  as  piovost  guards  to  the  end  of 
the  war.  Our  cornet-band  had  become  a  never  failing  source  of 
delight  to  the  citizens,  and  the  good  conduct  and  soldierly  liearing 
of  officers  and  men  had  gained  their  fullest  confidence  and  esteem. 
Toward  the  end  of  Septemlier,  portions  of  the  9th  Corps  began 
to  arrive  from  Vicksburg.  By  the  mitldle  of  October  the  two  di- 
\  isions,  commanded  bv  Gens.  Foster  and  Ferrero.  had  arrived  in 
Knoxville.      Wilcox,  with    his  di\  ision.  was   sent  up  towards  \'ir- 


24  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

ginia  to  i"clie\c  (jcn.  Shacklctoid,  \\  ho  marched  (low  n  in  the  region 
known  as  South  America,  between  the  Little  Tennessee  and  Hia- 
wassee  rivers.  With  tlie  9th  Corps  came  a  (h"o\  e  of  nearh  two 
thousand  ho<i^s,  and  one  of  aliout  six  liimth'ed  tat  cattle,  to  be  used 
bv  Burnside's  army.  .V  large  force  of  butchers  were  immediately 
set  at  work  slau^hterin<^  and  packini";-  the  hoo^s.  The  cattle  were 
sent  out  to  furnish  beef  to  the  varicnis  detachmonts  \\hich  were  at 
this  time  scattered  all  over  East  Tennessee.  Of  the  two  corps, 
only  oiu'  l>ri<^atle  and  the  new  Tennessee  and  North  Carolina 
retfinients  were  held  al  Ivnowille. 


CHAPTER   III. 


SIEGE    OF    KNOX  VILLI-: 


During  this  season  of  cpiiet,  a  good  many  officers  and  men 
were  allowed  to  go  home  on  a  sixty  days"  furlough.  Among  these 
from  the  104th,  were  Capt.  Wm.  J.  Jordan,  one  or  two  lieutenants, 
and  perhaps  a  score  of  the  men.  Col.  Gilbert,  our  brigade  com- 
mander, accompanied  them  home,  his  place  being  filled  in  his 
absence,  by  Col.  Reilh',  of  the  104th. 

Just  before  the  end  of  October  word  came  to  Knox\'ille  that 
a  heavy  force  of  rebels  had  attacked  Wolford's  brigade,  at  Phil- 
adelphia, and  were  pushing  on  up  the  valley,  driving  our  men 
iiefore  them.  It  was  soon  ascertained  that  Gen.  Longstreet,  with 
his  corps  of  thirt3'-five  thousand  of  the  best  soldiers  in  the  rebel 
army,  were  marching  for  Knoxville,  intending  to  overwhelm 
Burnside's  scattered  divisions  before  they  could  be  brought  to- 
gether. In  this  he  partially  succeeded.  A  part  of  the  9th  Corps 
was  sent  out  to  Campbell's  Station,  twelve  miles  west  of  Knox- 
ville, ^vhere  thev  were  attacked  by  Longstreet's  advance,  on  the 
sixth  of  November,  and  though  the  rebels  were  severely  punished 
in  the  battle  which  ensued,  our  men  retreated,  facing  about  to  fight 
again  at  each  successive  ridge  passed  for  six  miles  or  more.  Mean- 
time our  scattered  forces  were  hastening,  by  forced  marches,  to 
concentrate  in  Knoxville,  l^efore  Longstreet's  army  should  be  able 
to  cut  ofl'  their  approach,  and  by  the  seventeenth  there  were  in 
the  city  between  eleven  and  twelve  thousand  men.     Of  these  over 


lOJ^TH  REdlMENT. 


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three  thousand  were  in  the  hospital.  Early  on  the  morninj^  of  the 
seventeenth  the  rebels  massed  a  heavy  force  and  char<^ed  on  the 
ri"ht  of  our  line,  held  1>\  the  121I1  Kentucky,  iiith  Illinois  and 
4^th  Ohio,  and  droxe  them  l)ack  to  the  new  line  of  works  at  the 
railroad  depot,  where,  with  the  aid  of  a  I'.  S.  reji^ular  l)attery,  they 
stopped  the  rebel  ad\ance.  The  losses  were  cpiite  hea\  y  on  both 
sides.  Of  ours,  the  most  important  loss  was  (ien.  W.  P.  Sanders, 
wiio  was  killed  w  bile  leadiuL;'  the  brigade  in  a  char^'e  on  a  rebel 
batterv,  which  the\  took,  but  were  unable  to  hold.  Reilly,  with 
our  brii^ade,  was  set  to  work  buildin*;-  t'ortifications  on  Colletje 
Hill,  and  a  breastwork  tVom  there  to  the  ri\er.  Our  camp  was 
abandoned,  and  we  la\-  on  our  arms,  along  the  line  of  works,  ready 
for  an\  emerg-encw  Within  a  day  or  two  Lt)n<istreet"s  army  ex- 
tended.around  the  west,  north  and  east  sides  ol  the  cit\  ,  trom  the 
river  below  to  the  river  above,  and  battery  after  battery  opened 
with  shot  and  shell  upon  our  liohtly  manned  works,  and  on  the 
town,  just  north  of  the  depot  stood  a  lar^-e  brick  flourintr  mill, 
which  had  been  ca])tured  by  the  rebels  at  the  assault  when  Vi^w. 
Sanders  was  killed.  About  the  twentieth,  a  sortie  was  matle 
by  a  small  force  of  our  men.  who  succeeded  in  burning  the  mill 
and  depot,  with  considerable  stores  of  corn  and  meal,  and  retired 
to  the  works  w  ith  scarceh'  an\   loss. 

^\'hen  the  siege  began,  the  army  was  put  on  half  rations  of 
e\  er\  thing  except  meat.  Of  fresh  pork,  we  had  an  abundance. 
In  less  than  a  week  the  rations  were  cut  down  to  one-fourth,  and 
then  the  flour  was  mixed  half  and  half  with  shorts  and  bran.  In 
a  few  davs  more  the  flour  ran  out  and  the  bread  was  made  of 
shorts  and  bran,  and  tinally  of  bran  alone.  Then  the  coflee  ran 
out,  and  the  whiskey,  which  took  its  place,  lasted  only  a  day  or 
two.  Tobacco  became  the  next  make-shift  to  stay  the  gnawings 
of  hunger.  There  w  ere  large  cpiantities  of  the  weed  in  store  at 
the  factories  in  town.  These  the  commissary  department  seized, 
and  through  the  remaining  da\s  of  the  siege  we  received  o\\\  reg- 
ular rations  of  tobacco,  fresh  pork  and  a  little  piece  of  bran  bread, 
which  was  sour  before  it  got  cold.  Of  course  our  stomachs  be- 
came sour,  and  soon  the  hospitals  were  filled  to  o\erflowing  with 
men  sick  with  chronic  diarrhea  in  its  most  virulent  form.  This 
was  increased  b\  the  cold  rains  and  sleet  which  now  began  to  pre- 
vail. Our  clothing  and  blankets  were  kept  soaking  wet.  \\  e 
lived  in  the  trenches  in  the  d  i\  time,  and  they  were  often  half  knee 
deep  with   water  and   mud.     At  night  we  slept  just  behind  the 


26  H/STORl'  OF  THE 

works,  witli  our  cartritl^c  boxes  strapped  to  our  side,  knapsacks 
under  our  heads,  and  knapsacks  and  lilankets  in  nuul  that  stuck 
closer  than  an}-  brother.  On  the  night  of  the  twenty-first  our 
briiifade  was  reHeved  by  a  portion  of  the  9th  Corps,  and  we 
marched  to  the  foot  of  Ga\-  street,  the  principal  street  in  town,  and 
the  104th  began  to  unload  the  boats,  timbers  and  planks,  with 
which  we  proceeded  to  build  a  pontoon  bridge  across  the  river. 
The  work  continued  till  after  two  o'clock,  when  ^ve  lav  down, 
while  the  rest  of  the  brigade  crossed  over  and  formed  a  line  west- 
ward along  a  range  of  hills  about  half  a  mile  from  the  river,  and 
higli  enough  to  overloqk  the  cit\  and  all  the  works  on  the  other 
side.  The  second  brigade  formed  on  still  higher  hills  on  our  left, 
while  part  of  the  cavalry  and  mounted  infantry  movetl  out  on  the 
^Slarvville  road,  to  watch  for  the  eneni}  . 

The  103d  Ohio  was  detached  and  sent  out  to  the  ca\alry,  where 
the  next  da\'  they  had  cjuite  a  severe  brush  with  the  rebel  ad\ance. 
in  which  there  was  a  coiisiderable  loss  on  both  sides,  but  leaving 
the  field  in  possession  of  our  men.  The  morning  was  foggv,  so 
we  were  unable  to  get  the  direction  of  the  rebel  batteries  across 
the  river,  and  our  new  line  of  rifie  pitsi  were  laid  out  by  guess.  They 
were  finished  long  before  noon,  and  we  had  got  fairly  down  into 
them,  when  boom,  whizz,  crash,  chug,  came  a  rebel  shell  close  to 
the  left  of  the  regiment,  followed  by  others  in  quick  succession. 
The  third  shot  fairlv  telescoped  the  ditch,  leaving  two  of  our  m.en 
killed  and  several  wounded.  The  men  were  immediately  ordered 
forward  dov\n  to  near  the  bottom  of  the  ridge  in  the  woods, 
where  we  were  soon  hard  at  work,  and  before  night  we 
were  safe  in  the  shelter  of  a  new  line,  out  of  range  of 
such  dangerous  visitors.  The  next  attempt  of  the  rebel  ar- 
tillerv  was  to  reach  our  pontoon  bridge  with  their  shells, 
but  they  could  not  get  the  range.  Night  and  day  skirmishing  was 
kept  up  between  the  pickets  of  the  contending  armies,  and  while, 
through  the  labors  of  the  men,  assisted  by  the  able  bodied  citizens 
of  Knoxville,  our  lines  of  defense  were  continually  growing 
stronger,  still  this  was  more  than  balanced  by  our  losses  through 
the  casualties  of  war,  and  an  ever  increasing  sick-list.  With 
nothing  more  to  eat,  it  seemed  likely  that  our  time  must  come  to 
be  marched  oft'  to  rebel  prison  pens.  Fortunately  for  us,  two 
large  barges  made  their  wav  down  the  French  Broad,  heavily 
freighted  with  corn,  and  during  the  gloom  of  a  dark,  rainy  night, 
ran  the  blockade  of  rebel  batteries  above  town,  and   were  landed 


lOJtTH  RECilMENT.  27 

safe  and  souiul  at  the  wharf  just  above  the  bridge.  All  the  inilU 
in  the  citv  weie  set  at  work,  and,  early  in  the  morninjj^.  soldiers  and 
citizens  alike,  recei\ed  each  a  pint  of  meal  to  keej)  its  from  the 
starvinj^  point.  Two  companies  at  a  time  were  kept  on  the  picket 
line.  On  the  twent\  -ninth,  at  daylij^ht,  the  rebels  assaulted  our 
line  in  force,  but  were  repulsed,  with  considerable  loss.  The  loss 
in  the  104th  amounted  to  four  killed  and  about  a  dozen  wounded. 

,\bout  two  o'clock,  on  the  mornin<r  of  December  fifth,  an 
unusual  commotion  was  noticed  among  the  pickets  across  the 
river.  Next  rose  on  the  air.  loud,  shrill,  and  long,  the  well-known 
rebel  yell,  which  they  always  raised  when  making  a  charge.  An 
instant  more,  and  hea\  en  and  earth  fairly  trembled  with  the  thun- 
ders of  artiller\  and  the  roar  of  musketry,  while  the  northern 
hea\  ens  were  in  a  perfect  glare  of  lurid  tlame.  The  rebels  had 
made  their  attack  on  a  large  but  unfinished  earthwork,  at  the 
north-west  angle  of  our  line  of  defense,  called  Fort  Saunders. 
The  fight  lasted  nearh  half  an  hour,  when  the  rebels  witlulrew. 
lea\  ing  the  field  from  the  toj)  c)f  the  parapet  back  to  their  own 
lines,  strewn  with  the  dead  and  dying.  Our  brigade  was  almost 
immedi;!tel\  ordered  across  the  ri\  er.  and  just  at  the  gray  dawn 
we  marched  up  and  lay  down  in  the  rear  of  the  fort.  We, were 
soon  drawn  up  in  the  line  of  battle,  marched  out  to  the  left,  be- 
tween the  fort  and  the  battery  on  College  Hill,  where,  for  the  next 
hour,  we  stood,  waiting  for  the  order  to  advance  to  the  charge. 
But  the  order  did  not  come  and  we  were  spared.  In  our  front  the 
battle  Held  of  the  night  before  presented  a  ghastly  sight,  covered 
with  the  mangled  bodies  of  the  dead  and  dying  southern  braves. 
Our  loss  in  this  engagement  amounted  to  probabl}  one  hundred, 
all  of  them  from  l-\'rrero"s  division  of  the  9th  Corps.  The  troops 
who  distinguished  themselves  w'ere  the  U.  S.  battery,  the  79th 
New  \'()rk  Highlanders,  the  qoth  Pennsylvania,  and  29th  Massa- 
chusetts. This  ended  the  hard  fighting,  but  still,  for  two  days  the 
pickets  kept  up  a  continuous  firing,  and  now  and  then  a  stray 
shell  told  us  that  the  rebels  were  still  present  and  alive.  Our  meal 
had  become  exhausted,  and  our  only  resource  was  our  fat  pork 
and  bread  made  of  clear  bran,  and  that  was  almost  gone.  Our 
spirits  were  naturalh  sinking,  when  there  arri\ed  two  of  our 
scouts,  who  told  us  the  glad  news  that  Hragg's  army  had  been 
utterlv  routed  before  Chattanooga,  and  that  Sherman  was  then 
within  two  da\  s'  march  of  the  city,  acKancing  with  all  haste. 
The  next  da\  the  rebel  ann\   beuan  to  withdra\\  ,  and  b\  the  mt)rn- 


2S  H/STOR}-  OF  THE 

iw^  of  Dcccinlici"  eighth  tliey  were  all  ^one.  Alx^iit  ele\en 
o'clock  that  luoniinj^  ^rim  \  isao,c<l  old  (jcn.  Sherman  entered  our 
lines  at  the  head  of  the  4th  Corps  from  Chattanooga,  and  Burn- 
side's  army  and  East  Tennessee  were  sa\  ed  to  the  Ihiion. 

We  could  hardly,  in  words,  express  our  joy  at  our  most  timeh 
deliverance,  and  strong-  men,  to  whom  tears  were  stranji^ers,  wept 
like  babies  when  the  mud-spattered  \  eterans  of  Sheridan,  Wood, 
and  Sturgis  marched  in  through  the  Hne  of  works,  and  up  through 
the  streets  of  the  torn  and  battered  town,  bringing  life  and  libertx' 
to  the  soldier  and  citizen  alike,  (^ur  pro\isions  were  all  gone,  and 
the  men  were  so  weakened  and  disheartened  bv  want  and  disease 
that  they  could  not  possil)ly  have  endured  for  three  days  more. 
Now  we  were  dependent  on  the  charit\'  of  our  deliverers  f(M-  sub- 
sistence. vSherman's  trains,  unable  to  keep  pace  with  the  soldiers 
in  their  rapid  march,  were  scattered  all  along  the  road  from  Sweet- 
water to  Campbell's  Station.  The  brigade  and  regimental  stores 
which  Sherman's  men  brought  with  them,  were  immediately 
issued  to  the  famished  garrison  and  the  starving  people,  two  days' 
rations  to  each  man,  which  we  were  ordered  to  make  last  fi\  e 
days.  Within  a  couple  of  days  we  began  to  receive  three-fourths 
rations  oi  crackers,  coffee  and  beans,  and  full  rations  of  beef;  and 
now  we  started  (jut  in  cjuest  oi  Longstreet's  retreating  arm\". 
About  the  ninth,  Reillv  moved  our  brigade  up  the  y'wcy  tweh  e 
miles,  to  Armstrong's  Ford,  \vhere  we  formed  a  skirmish  line,  and 
advanced  to  the  liank,  where  some  spirited  skirmishing  was  done. 
in  which  Battery  D  did  excellent  service  in  shelling  the  rebels,  who 
soon  withdrew  up  the  countr\-. 

The  river  at  this  place,  about  four  hundred  yards  wide,  and 
three  feet  deep,  was  frozen  out  a  foot  or  more  from  the  bank,  ^yith 
thin  bodies  of  mush  ice  floating  on  the  tide.  Putting  our  trap> 
upon  our  shoulders,  we  plunged  into  the  icy  flood.  In  midstream 
John  R.  Roberts,  of  Company  D,  was  taken  with  severe  cramp, 
and  must  have  perished  had  not  the  boys  taken  him  up  and  carried 
him  across,  ^^"e  slept  as  best  we  could  that  night,  and  next  morn- 
ing went  on  four  miles,  to  Strawberry  Plains,  where  we  halted 
two  or  three  days,  to  rebuild  the  railroad  bridge,  which  had  been 
partially  burned.  Then  we  crossed  back  oxer  the  bridge  and 
marched  out  six  miles  to  Blane's  Cross-roads,  at  the  foot  of  Clinch 
mountain,  thence  the  next  day  through  Rutledge  to  Bean's  Station, 
arriving  long  after  dark.  Before  daylight  next  morning  we  were 
called    up  and   formed  in  line  of  battle,  all  the   regiment   (except 


lOJfTU  REGIMENT.  ,„ 

companies  C  and  D)  standing-  in  line  of  l)attle  all  (hiN .  These  two 
companies  advanced  to  the  rioht  and  forward,  deployed  as  skirm- 
ishers, and  enoaoed  the  eiienix  "s  pickets,  wiioni  we  drove  tVoni 
tlieii-  Hue,  alon^-  a  siielterin<j  hank  across  the  creek,  hack  throuoh 
a  corn  field  to  the  shelter  of  heavy  timher  half  a  mile  awa\. 
Here  we  remained,  and  duiint;-  the  day,  hy  accurate  Hrin<^.  we  ti\e 
time^  heat  hack  their  line,  which,  after  each  repulse,  would  he 
hea\  ily  reinforced,  and  a<j,-ain  advance,  onlv  to  he  shot  down  as 
they  came  dow  n  the  slope  through  the  thin  and  tram])led  corn. 
All  this  time  oui"  comjianions  were  heinj^  treated  to  an  assorted 
\  ariety  of  missiles  from  a  hattery  in  the  woods  hevond.  .Shackel- 
lord  was  sustainiuij  an  unecpial  li.L;ht  with  a  superior  and  ever 
increasino-  force  of  rehels  on  our  left.  The  losses  in  the  fiisthrio-- 
ade  could  ha\e  heen  counted  on  the  fin<4-ers  of  the  two  hands, 
while  half  a  hundred  dead  and  dyin<4-  rehels  strewed  the  o-round 
that  niorht.  as  under  cover  of  darkness  we  drew  off  and  retreated 
to  Blanc's  Cross-roads,  and  he,o-an  to  entrench.  Shackelford  came 
on  next  day,  hut  the  rehels,  instead  of  following-,  turned  ahout  and 
made  all  haste  up  the  coimtr\ . 

In  a  day  or  two  Col.  Gilhert  arrixed  from  the  north  and  re- 
sumed command  of  the  hrigade.  Capt.  Jordan  also  came  hack. 
and  with  him  some  thirty  odd  recruits  for  the  recjiment.  The 
Captain  had,  however,  i^rown  to  he  a  Major,  and  Major  Sterl  had 
hecome  Lieutenant  Colonel,  so  that  on  Col.  Reilly's  return  to  the 
command  of  the  reo;iment  we  had  a  full  corps  of  field  officers  for 
the  first  time  in  o\  er  a  \ear. 

Our  hriji^ade  had  received  no  clothing  since  leaving  Kentucky. 
On  account  of  lun  ing  heen  on  post  duty,  we  had  heen  ohliged  to 
wait  so  that  the  troops  on  the  front  might  he  served  first.  Then 
Longstreet's  army  had  shut  ofi'  all  supply  of  clothing  as  well  as 
of  food,  and  as  yet  no  clothing  had  heen  hrought  through.  Ours 
had  served  very  well  in  the  heat  of  summer,  hut  were  now,  in  the 
heginning  of  winter,  worn  almost  to  shreds,  and  afiorded  hut 
slight  protection  against  the  piercing.  frost\  wind:  so  just  ahout 
the  winter  solstice  we  were  marched  hack  to  Strawherr\-  Plains 
and  placed  on  reserve,  and  then  entered  on  the  most  terrihle 
experiences  of  oin-  army  life.  For  want  of  forage  se\  eral  of 
Shackelford's  regiment  were  dismounted,  their  horses  sent  under 
escort  to  Kentucky,  and  they  came  into  camp  with  us.  As  pro- 
\  isions  were  getting  scarce,  the  troops  in  reser\  e  w  ere  now  put 
on  half  rations  of  evervthing  hut  heef  and  that  was    heef  onlv  in 


3" 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


name.  Our  herd  of  licexes  had  been  dii\en  two  liundred  niiles 
or  more,  then  shut  up  witli  the  army  in  Knoxville  for  weeks 
during  the  siege,  with  only  faith  and  water  to  h\e  on,  and  since 
then  getting  such  scanty  subsistence  as  tliey  could  from  the 
worthless  stock  fields  which  had  long  been  stripped  of  corn  and 
fodder.    These  were  to  become  the  stay  and  start' of  our  existence. 

As  the  weather  began  to  grow  more  severe,  the  weakest 
began  to  die  ofi',  and  soon  it  came  to  pass,  that  each  morning  the 
dead  carcasses  would  be  hauled  and  dumped  in  the  rixer.  while 
the  weakest  of  those  that  remained  were  killed,  and  the  almost 
meatless  bones  were  issued  for  the  men  to  cook  and  eat.  The 
l)oys  christened  this  ration,  "jerk,"  and  a  six  gallon  camp  kettle  of 
jerk,  boiled  for  half  a  day,  would  not  furnish  enough  fat  to  make  a 
grease  spot.  It  so  happened  that  the  rebels  had  captured  a  large 
train  on  its  way  from  Chattanooga  with  supplies  for  our  army, 
and  had  also  torn  up  a  long  stretch  of  the  East  Tennessee  railroad 
below  London,  cutting  off  our  communications  and  supplies.  The 
country  had  been  stripped  of  everything  eatable  by  the  rebels 
before  they  left.  Finally,  on  the  twenty-sixth  of  December,  the 
last  cracker  and  the  last  pound  of  coffee  and  salt  ^vere  issued. 
half  rations  for  two  days.  On  the  twenty-eighth  and  twenty- 
ninth  each  man  received  a  pint  of  meal  each  day.  On  the 
thirtieth  half  a  pint,  then  on  the  last  day  of  1S63  we  came  down 
to  hard  pan.  About  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  we  drew  each 
man  his  one  and  one-fourth  pounds  of  jerk.  This  we  cooked  as 
soon  as  possible,  without  salt,  swallowed  it,  and  crawled  into 
blankets.  A  warm,  summer-like  rain  was  falling,  accompanieil 
with  thunder  and  lightning.  About  ten  o'clock,  p.  m.,  a  strong- 
wind  began  to  blow,  and  by  two  the  next  morning  the  rain  had 
changed  to  snow.  At  reveille  we  only  took  time  to  answer  at  roll 
call  when  all  plunged  into  our  tents  and  under  our  blankets, 
nearly  frozen  by  the  piercing  wind.  At  three,  we  again  cooked 
and  gulped  down  our  portion  of  jerk  and  went  back  to  bed. 
Thus  we  celebrated  what  was  known  all  over  the  continent  as 
the  cold  New  Year,  and  thus  we  lived  for  eight  days,  from 
December  thirt}-first,  1863,  to  January  seventh,  1864.  About 
noon  the  eighth,  a  train  of  cars,  laden  with  supplies,  stopped  for 
half  an  hour  opposite  our  camp,  and  soon  the  boys  were  marching 
to  camp,  laden  with  boxes  of  crackers,  or  rolling  before  them 
barrels  of  cofiee,  beans,  salt,  rice,  or  sugar. 

Seated  on  the  platform  (^f  the  caboose  was  a  short,  plain  look- 


104  Til  RE  (J /MEN  T.  -.  j 

inj^,  slialibily  (Irossed  man,  with  liat  slouclicd  oxcv  his  e\  cs,  and  in 
his  mouth  a  short  stuii  of  ci^ar  wliich  he  was  lazih  smokin<^. 
He  said  nothini^.  and  if  he  thought  aiuthiiit^  lie  kept  it  to  liimself. 
Vet  this  mans  j^enius  and  ol)stinac}  had  aheadv  made  him  the 
most  famous  general  of  the  a<^e,  and  he  was  to  j^row  to  be  one  of 
the  most  renowned  captains  in  the  world's  historw  (Jen.  (irant 
was  on  his  wa\  to  \  isit  \\  hat  Tiad  now  become  the  left  win<^'  of 
his  orreat  consolidatetl  arm\  of  the  Mississippi.  (  )ur  bo\  s  ne\  er 
^a\\   him  ai^ain  till  Ma\,  i.S6:^. 

The  troops  \\  hich  had  shared  \\  itli  us  the  trials  and  pri\alions 
of  the  past  month  were  the  lytli  ()hio  Independent  Battery,  and 
and  Batter\  I),  ist  O.  L.  .\.  of  our  third  division,  the  infantr\-  of 
our  britrade,  the  i6th  Kentuck\,  8th  lY-nncssee,  ii2th  Illinois, 
44th.  103d,  104th  Ohio  and  looth  Ohio  l)attalion,  made  of  the 
remnant  of  the  lOOth  which  had  escaped  capture.  Besides  these 
there  were  of  Shackleford's  division,  the  2(1  Ohio  cavalrv,  4^th 
( )hio  dismounted  infantr\  i2tli  Kentuck\-  and  2d  East  Tennessee 
infantry,  also  dismounted.  These  regiments  all  endured  what  I 
have  herein  described,  except  that  none  of  the  rest  were  near  so 
IkuUv  of}'  for  clothing"  as  the  104th.  Now  all  the  energies  of  the 
go\  ernment  began  to  l)e  put  forth  to  prepare  for  the  tremendous 
conflicts  of  the  "year  of  battles" — 1864.  The  troops  of  1861  were 
being  re-enlisted  for  three  years  more,  unless  sooner  discharged. 
Of  the  troops  in  our  camp  battery  D,  2d  Ohio  cavah'v,  44th  and 
4:^th  Ohio  infantrw  and  2d  Tennessee,  re-enlisted  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  \  er\'  lew  who  were  mosth'  new .  recruits.  These 
chose  from  among  the  remaining  regiments,  and  joined  wherever 
the\'  chose  to  ser\e  out  the  rest  of  their  time.  Several  of  the  44th 
joined  the  104th.  Col.  Gilbert,  with  the  regiment,  went  home, 
where  they  were  reorganized  as  the  8th  Ohio  cavalrv.  and  sent  to 
the  army* of  the  Potomac.  The  2d  Ohio  cavalrv  also  let't  us  for 
good,  while  the  battery  and  the  ■\^t\\  rejoined  us  in  the  spring. 

The  brigade,  having  been  broken  up  by  the  re-enlistment  of 
the  veterans,  the  104th  marched  back  to  Knox\  ille.  antl  were 
again  put  on  duty  in  town  as  provost  guards.  We  occupied  our 
old  camp,  and  after  getting  rigged  out  in  new  clothes,  were  quite 
comfortable.  But  the  exposures  and  hardships  of  the  j^ast  t\\  o 
months  liad  begun  to  tell  on  the  health  of  the  men.  Most  of 
them  had  become  more  or  less  afflicted  w  ith  scur\  \ .  w  bile  pneu- 
monia and  chronic  diarrhea  ])re\ailed  to  an  alarming  extent. 
Through  Januar\   and  I'\'bruai"\    hardh    a    (la\    ]:)asst'd    In    without 


-2  HIS  TORI'  OF  THE 

one  or  more  clcatlis  in  the  rei^iment.  Now  we  lieg"an  to  draw  a 
new  ration  made  from  a  variety  of  ve(i;ctaliles,  cablxii^e,  tomatoes, 
string  beans,  peas,  peppers,  ete.,  hashed  up  and  pressed  in  cakes 
about  a  foot  square,  an  inch  and  a  half  thick  and  dried.  This 
swelled  in  cold  water,  and  cooked  with  meat,  made  a  \  erv  palat- 
able soup,  which  the  boys  soon  learned  to  like.  The  boys  used  to 
call  it  "kinnikannick,"  thoug-h  in  commissary  reports  it  was  known 
as  desiccated  \egetables.  This  vegetable  diet  did  wonders  in  the 
wa\-  of  bringing  the  boys  back  to  a  state  of  com]oarati\e  health. 
In  a  few  weeks  we  were  mosth  free  from  the  scur\  \  and  diar- 
rhea. 

Februarv  second,  t'our  men  from  each  compan\ ,  in  command 
of  Captain  Horton,  marched  to  the  old  jail,  where  we  took 
charge  of  about  six  hundred  rebel  prisoners,  marched  with  them 
to  the  depot,  loaded  them  on  the  cars  and  started  for  Loudon, 
where  the\'  were  next  morning  transferred  to  a  boat  and  started 
for  Chattanooga.  I  happened  to  be  one  of  this  guard.  We  tied 
up  each  night,  and  some  of  the  men  would  be  sent  out  a  short 
distance  on  shore  as  pickets,  and  half  a  dozen  more  were 
stationed  on  the  boat  as  guards.  The  night  of  the  third  was 
dismal  enough.  A  driving  sleet  fell  all  night,  wetting  prisoners 
and  guards  alike,  and  freezing  as  it  fell.  The  decks  were  soon 
covered  with  a  sheet  of  ice.  At  two  o'ciock,  a.  m.,  of  the  fourth, 
it  came  mv  turn  to  go  on  guard,  and  as  every  foot  of  available 
space  was  occupied  bv  the  sleeping  rebels,  I  had  to  reach  mv  post 
bv  walking  the  guard  of  the  boat,  which,  besides  being  covered 
W'ith  ice,  slanted  downward  into  the  boat.  The  night  was  pitch 
dark,  and  when  I  came  to  walk  the  guard,  my  feet  shot  out  from 
under  me  intc^  the  boat,  and  o\er  I  went,  head  first  into  the  river. 
The  water  was  just  about  up  to  ni\-  ears,  so  that  I  was  obliged  to 
stand  on  tiptoe  while  handing  up  haversack  and  cartridge  box. 
after  which  I  went  fishing  for  mv  gun,  which  I  brought  out  in 
safety  in  a  few  minutes.  A  rebel.  Captain  Bennet,  of  the  nth 
Alabama,  assisted  me  out  with  mv  traps,  when  I  took  refuge 
under  the  boiler.  In  the  morning,  as  the  shore  pickets  were 
boarding  the  boat.  Meek,  of  Company  C,  slipped  on  the  gang- 
plank, and  in  he  went.  .So  I  soon  had  company  in  my  nook 
under  the  boiler,  and  had  we  not  been  obliged  to  depend  on  the 
charitv  of  our  comrades,  we  would  ha\e  enio\ed  ourselves  hugely. 
The  prisoners  seemed  to  be  well  satisfied  at  being  sent  North, 
many  of  them  expressing  the  hope  that  they   would  ne\er  lie  ex- 


10/, TH  RE(;lMEXT.  ^^ 

chant^cd,  as  they  were  tired  and  sick  ot'  the  rebel  serxice.  We 
sta\ed  in  Chattanuoi^a  tour  (hi\  s,  and  spent  the  time  Nisitinjr  the 
\aiii)Us  hattlc-fields  in  the  \icinity.  and  anionfr  the  Northern  Ohio 
regiments  quartered  neai  the  city,  returnin*^  to  the  rej^inient 
ahout  the  fourteenth.  ()n  the  ei<^htli  of  Marcli  we  were  reheveil 
of  provost  (hity  by  the  1st  ()liio  IIea\y  i\rtiller\,  and  the  next  chiy 
marched  through  Straw  berry  J'hiins  and  Xew  Market.  thirt\-one 
miles  to  Mossy  Creek,  where  we  went  into  camp.  We  sta\ed 
there  till  the  thirteenth,  when  we  went  to  Morristow  ii. 

April  tirst  we  again  started  forward.  It  had  been  raining 
heavih  for  some  days,  and  for  most  of  the  twent\-eight  miles 
which  we  traverseil  during  that  da\  and  the  next,  the  semi-fluid 
mud  splashed  in  antl  out  of  our  shoes  at  nearly  e\er\'  step.  We 
arri\  ed  at  Bulls  Gap  after  dark  of  the  second.  Next  morning  we 
occupied  the  (lap  through  which  ran  the  E.  T.  R.  R..  and  the 
main  wagon  road  from  Knf)xville  to  \'irginia.  It  was  almost  the 
onl\  j)racticable  route  through  l)a\  s  Mountain,  one  of  the  many 
long,  steep  sj^urs  of  the  vSmoky  range,  reaching  across  the  valley 
to  Ilolston  ri\er.  Here  the  rel>els  had  spent  most  of  the  winter, 
antl  had  greath'  strengthened  their  line  In  strong  earthworks  along 
the  crest  of  the  ridge  for  miles  on  either  side  of  the  gap,  and  by  a 
strong  fort  right  in  the  entrance.  This  strong  line  the  rebels  had 
abandoned,  and  liad  retreated  up  the  country.  Here  we  remained 
till  about  the  twenty-lifth  of  April,  and  here  the  armv  was  re- 
organized. Our  brigade  was  placed  in  command  of  Colonel 
Reilh.  and  eml)raced  the  Sth  Tennessee,  I2th  and  i6th  Kentucky, 
Ii2th  Illinois, -looth  and  104th  Ohio  and  Battery  D,  ist  O.  L.  A. 
The  2(1  Brigade,  (ieneral  Hascall  commanding,  contained  the  6:;th 
Illinois,  63d  and  6:;th  Indiana.  103d  Ohio,  iith  Kentuckx'.  4th 
Tennessee,  and  19th  Ohi(j  Battery;  the  3d  Brigade  consisted  of  a 
couple  of  Michigan,  and  the  ist,  2d,  nth,  and  13th  Tennessee  and 
1st  .Mabama.  in  command  of  Colonel  Robert  Bvrd,  of  the  ist 
East  Tennessee.  These  formed  the  3d  Division.  From  our 
triendship  with  the  7th  Ohio  we  had  become  somewhat  preju- 
diced against  the  handsome,  scholarh'  man  who  now  assumed 
comman.d  of  the  di\  ision:  but  during  the  year  of  danger  upon  which 
we  were  about  to  enter,  we  learned  hrst  to  respect,  then  to  love 
(ieneral  J.  DoUon  Cox.  During  all  that  time  he  was  never  known 
to  be  under  any  circumstances,  however  trving.  other  thaii  a  j^ertect 
gentleman  and  careful  and  able  commander.  About  the  twentv- 
sixth.  the   di\  ision   marched    up  the   countr\    to  Lick  Creek,  from 


34 


HIS  TORT  OF  THE 


wlicnce  it  scattered  rej^iments  aloiiiif  for  the  next  thirty-five  miles 
one  in  a  place,  and  proceeded  to  tear  up  and  destroy  the  railroads 
throughout  that  distance.  Details  were  set  to  work  with  spike 
l)ars  to  loosen  the  rails.  After  them  j^ans^s  of  men  to  pile  up  the 
ties,  on  t(.)p  of  which  the  rails  were  laid  crosswise  and  fire  ap- 
plied. Followinii^  these  came  men  with  bars  which  were  pro- 
vided with  clamps  to  fit  the  rails.  With  these  they  twisted  the 
rails  half  wav  round  so  that  thev  could  not  be  used  until  re-rolled. 
This  work  last  two  days,  when  we  marched  back  to  Knoxville, 
and  staying  only  a  couple  of  davs  to  draw  rations  and  ammuni- 
tion, we  set  our  faces  southward.  The  good  people  of  Knoxville 
again  petitioned  that  the  104th  might  be  left  with  them,  but  with- 
out avail,  l^idding  our  friends  good-bye,  \\c  marched  out,  and 
the  23d  Corps  moved  toward  Chattanooga,  traversing  the  same 
route  by  which  Longstreet  had  led  his  unwelcome  followers  up 
to  scrape  acquaintance  with  us  the  fall  before.  The  corps  was 
placed  in  the  command  of  General  John  M.  Schofield,  who  be- 
came also  commander  of  the  Army  and  Department  of  the  Ohio, 
consisting  of  the  33d  Corps  and  a  cavalry  di\ision  under  Gen- 
eral George  Stoneman.  Our  corps  consisted  of  the  ist  division 
of  entirely  new  and  raw  Indiana  regiments,  under  General  Alvan 
P.  Hovey,  and  were  long  known  to  the  army  as  ''Hovey's  babies," 
from  the  fact  that  most  of  them  were  mere  boys  not  yet  out  of 
their  teens.  They  afterward  proved  to  be  of  clear  grit,  and  no 
babies,  on  many  a  hotly  contested  field.  This  division  was  already 
at  Chattanooga.  The  2d  division  was  placed  in  command  of 
the  drunken  General  Judah,  whom  I  have  mentioned  in  connec- 
tion with  our  entrance  into  army  life.  This  with  the  3d  division. 
General  Cox  commanding,  now  marched  to  join  the  first  at  Blue 
Springs,  between  Chattanooga  and  Cleveland,  leaving  Bur- 
bridge,  with  the  4th,  to  take  care  of  Kentucky,  and  General 
Tillson,  with  the  ist  division  of  Tennesseeans  and  Carolinians  to 
look  after  East  Tennessee.  We  arrived  at  Blue  Springs  about 
the  first  of  May,  whence  in  two  or  three  days  we  marched  down 
into  Georgia  to  form  the  tireless  flanking  column  of  Sherman's 
invading  army. 


lOJtTH  REGIMENT. 


JOSI.l'H    V .    KIDOLK. 
Oiptain  Com/>uny  F,    iSb2  04.   Major  10  it  It,   1 864-6  j. 


MARriS    C.    HOklON, 
Captain   Coin/^any  P.     Killed  ncir  Dallas,    Ca.,  May  28,   1SO4. 


-^6  HIS  TORI'  OF  THE 


CHAPTER  \y. 


ox    TO     ATLANTA. 


Tlic  rclicl  army,  in  CDminaiul  ot"  Joseph  E.  Johnston  (onr  of 
the  ablest  i^cncrals  of  the  war),  occupied  a  Hne  of  great  strength 
along  a  series  of  hills  and  ridges,  with  Tunnel  Hill  in  the  center. 
"JThis  line  was  carried  by  Thomas  on  the  seventh  of  Mav,  with 
slight  resistance.  Then  a  general  mo\  e  \\as  ordered,  and  on  tiie 
morning  of  the  ninth,  the  23d  Corps  was  swung  around  south  to 
the  extreme  right,  and  the  3d  division  had  c[uite  a  skirmish  with 
the  enemy.  dri\  ing  him  back  to  a  strcMig  line  along  Maple  Ridge, 
the  south-west  end  of  which  \vas  crowned  with  a  rebel  batterv  of 
four  guns.  On  this  IJatterv  I)  opened  Avith  shell,  and  for  some 
hours  quite  an  artiller\-  duel  was  carried  on,  probablv  with  little 
loss  on  either  side.  Aljout  four  o'clock,  i'.  m.,  Reillv"s  brigade 
charged  this  work,  and  earned  it  with  but  slight  loss.  Of  the 
104th,  Alexander  Davidson,  John  B.  Brooks,  and  Daniel  Henrv. 
all  from  Compan\"  F,  were  wounded.  To  our  right  the  2nd 
division  took  the  outer  line  of  breastworks,  but  were  unable  to 
carrv  the  second  line,  which  extended  along  up,  and  over  the 
almost  inaccessible  cliffs  of  Rockv  Face  Ridge.  Here  the  Cvorps 
halted,  and  we  proceeded  to  fortifv  our  position,  under  orders  to 
remain  on  the  defensive  till  further  orders.  Cjeneral  Judah  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  adding  another  star  to  his  shoulder  straps,  so  he 
(jrdered  his  di\  ision  to  charge  just  at  dusk,  and  his  men  were 
repulsed  with  great  slaughter.  General  vSchoHeld  had  him 
arrested  next  morning  for  disobedience  of  orders,  and  he  was 
afterwards  dismissed  from  the  service  in  disgrace.  Plis  2d  division 
was  placed  in  command  of  General  Hascall.  and  the  vacancy  in 
our  2d  brigade  was  filled  b\"  Colonel  John  .*~^.  Casement,  of  the 
103d  Ohio.  Now  General  AlcPherson,  with  the  i^^th  and  17th 
corps,  came  up,  and  swinging  further  on  to  the  right,  and  around 
southward,  came  in  on  the  rear  of  Rock\-  Face  Ridge,  which 
<:)bliged  the  rebels  to  relinquish  their  almost  impregnable  position, 
and  fall  back  to  another  well  fortified  line  around  Resaca.  At  one 
o'clock,  A.  M.,  of  the  thirteenth,  we  were  roused  from  our  slumbers, 


lOIfTH  RE(,/MEN7\ 


37 


and  iiKirchcd  clcNcn  miles  to  Snake  deck  (iap,  aniviiif^  just 
before  dav.  After  Ineakfast  we  marelied  throui^li  the  ^ap.  which 
is  sinipK  a  nariow.  tortuous  <;or<^e,  witli  pcrjjciKhcuhir  walls, 
thr()U<i^h  which  ran  the  road  from  LaFayettc  and  X'illanow  to 
Resaca.  Heforc  ni^hl  all  of  Thomas'  army  had  followed  us 
throu;^''h,  and  now  for  the  tirst  time  Sherman's  arm\'  was  all 
t(j<^cther.  .Vhout  noon  as  we  were  <^cttin<i,-  formed  in  line  on  the 
extreme  rio;ht.  an  aml)ulance  came  back  from  the  front,  bearinj^ 
(ieneral  Kilpatrick  seriousK  woiuided  in  the  thiLch-  His  ca\  alr\ 
command  had  advanced  against  the  left  llank  of  the  enemw  and 
had  been  somew  hat  worsted  in  the  encounter. 

Early  on  the  morninii;  of  the  14th  we  were  a^ain  on  the  move. 
After  marching-  about  three  miles,  we  formed  in  line  of  Inittle,  our 
1st  di\  ision.  "Hovev's  babies,"  on  our  ri*^ht,  and  the  |th  Corps  on 
the  left.  The  104th.  and  8th  Tennessee  were  placed  in  reserve  as 
a  supportinjj^  column  tor  the  bri<i^ade.  which  char<^ed  the  enemy's 
line  just  after  noon,  drivini;-  him  out  of  his  ad\anced  line  into  the 
woods,  just  then  General  Cox  and  stafl'  rode  up  to  the  104th. 
which  was  recei\in<4  the  attentions  of  a  rebel  battery,  when  a 
shell  burst  not  more  than  two  \ards  to  the  left  of  the  (ieneral,  kill- 
\n(^  one  of  his  aids  and  severely  vvoundin<j^  se\eral  more.  W'e  were 
ordered  up  through  the  woods  to  the  ri<j;ht,  where  in  crossing  a 
heavy  brush  fence  Colonel  Reilh  "s  horse  became  unmanageable. 
He  dismounted,  sent  his  intractable  charger  to  the  rear,  and  ad- 
vanced to  the  charge  on  foot,  with  the  remainder  of  the  brigade. 
panting  like  a  steamboat  with  such  unusual  exertions.  We  stood  for 
a  couple  of  hours  in  line  of  battle,  with  stray  bullets  and  shells  occa- 
sionally dropping  in  among  us.  When  the  4th  Corps  and  Geary's 
division  of  the  20th  got  into  very  hea\v  work  on  our  left,  the 
whole  army  advanced  to  the  charge  right  up  a  long  slope  covered 
with  oak  timber.  The  scattered  dry  foliage  was  on  hre,  and  the 
dense  smoke  almost  blinded  and  smothered  the  men.  The  second 
line  was  carried  handsomely,  when  the  rebels  withdrew  into  their 
third  line  of  defense.  Our  losses  had  been  considerable  in  the 
23d  Corps,  and  also  in  the  4th  and  20th.  In  the  1st  brigaile  the 
1 1 2th  Illinois  lost  over  eighty  killed  and  wounded.  Among  the  lat- 
ter was  Colonel  Henderson.  The  losses  in  the  other  regiments 
were  light.  In  the  104th  were  eleven  wounded.  Of  these  from 
Company  D  were  1.  (r.  Wilson,  who  was  wounded  l>v  a  piece  of 
shell  in  the  heel,  and  j.  R.  Roberts,  whose  arm  was  nearly  broken 
by  the    t'alling   of  a    piece   of  shell    from    a    tree  abo\  e.      Charles 


38  HIS  TO  in'  OF  THE 

Shrivcv  :iiul  Georg-c  Monroe  of  Company  I  w  crc  wounded  bv 
niinie  balls.  In  the  2d  brigaiie  the  103d  Ohio  lost  over  one 
hundred  in  killed  and  woundcil.  including  Captains  Hutchinson 
and  Philpott.  killed.  The  24th  Kentucky  charged  a  batterv  of 
three  guns  and  captured  it,  losing  one  hundred  and  forty-two  men. 
and  the  63d  Indiana  eighty-tive.  Towards  midnight,  a  short 
distance  to  our  left,  across  a  rock\  ravine.  hea\\'  cannonading  and 
musketr\-  Hring  for  a  few  minutes  informed  us  that  somebodv  was 
ha\ing  sharp  work.  It  was  the  old  7th  Ohio  making  a  night 
attack  on  a  section  c)f  two  guns  of  a  rebel  batterw  which  thev 
took  and  hauled  back  to  their  own  line. 

They  had  hardly  settled  down,  when  the  thunders  of  another 
more  general  conflict  gave  notice  that  the  battle  was  still  raging-. 
The  rebels  undertook  to  retake  their  lost  guns,  but  (iearx  "s  men 
were  too  much  for  them  and  the\  fell  back  in  total  rout.  On  the 
fifteenth.  Hooker  and  the  20th  Corps  had  a  hea\  v  battle  with  the 
rebel  right  wing,  which  were  massed  with  the  intention  of  crushing 
him,  but  his  men  held  their  ground  till  the  4th  Corps,  coming  to 
his  assistance,  took  the.eneni}-  in  flank,  compelling  him  to  fall 
back  within  his  line.  The  next  night  Joe  Johnston  ^vithdrew  his 
arm\-  across  the  Oostenaula,  and  earh  on  the  sixteenth  our  arm\" 
advanced  through  Resaca  to  the  river's  brink,  where  our  batteries 
began  to  skirmish  with  the  rebels  on  the  other  side.  Thus  ended 
the  battle  of  Resaca. 

At  eleven  o'clock,  a.  m.,  we  marched  oft\'astward  eight  miles  to 
the  Connassauga,  which  we  crossed  on  a  pontoon  bridge  at  dark. 
At  nine  o'clock  we  started  t)n  again.  Marching  east  about  eight 
miles  we  crossed  a  low  range  of  mountains,  came  out  on  the 
bank  of  the  Coosawattee,  twent\'  miles  from  our  starting  place. 
We  had  come  most  of  the  wa\'  b\-  a  mere  bridle  path,  through  a 
wild,  hill\-  region,  covered  with  cedars  and  scrub  oaks,  and  almost 
uninhabited.  The  river  bottoms  to  both  streams  were  splendid 
land.  We  slept  from  3  .\.  m.  till  da\light,  when  the  pontoons  be- 
ing readv  we  went  over  the  ri\  er,  deploved  skirmishers,  and  ad- 
\anced  slowh  on  to  the  southward.  We  had  completely  out- 
flanked the  rebels,  and  the  two  armies  now  marched  slowly  south- 
ward on  parallel  lines.  E\  ery  two  or  three  miles  we  passed  lines 
of  rebel  works  \\  hich  had  been  built  with  great  labor  the  winter 
before.  We  marched  in  line  of  battle,  sometimes  across  cornfierds, 
sometimes  a  handsome  meadow,  but  mt)re  often  through  an  almost 
impenetra!>le  iungle  of  scrub  ]->ines.  oaks  ami  cedars.   On  the  twen- 


10.',TH  REdlMENT. 


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tieth  we  passed  the  splendid  iiiunsion  and  plantation  of  (jeneral 
A.  P.  Ilill,  whose  faniil\-  had  Hed  with  the  retreatinj^  aiinv,  takinj^ 
along  their  darkies  and  household  goods.  Near  here  Stonenian's 
cavalr\-  charged  on  a  rebel  battery  and  captured  two  of  its  guns;  and 
also  a  large  quantity  of  commissary  stoics.  Just  after  daylight  on  the 
twentieth,  \ve  passed  the  fortifications  of  Cassville,  which  the  rebeU 
abandoned  without  a  Hght,  although  they  were  of  extraordinar\- 
strength,  ^\"e  passed  on  as  before,  our  skirmishers  fighting  for 
every  foot  of  ground,  but  without  any  general  engagement.  This 
day  Companv  I  was  on  the  skirmish  line,  and  as  thev  were  pass- 
ing Muddv  Creek,  Lewis  W'cldoii  aiul  Wilbur  Chanipne\  were 
wounded,  but  not  dangerously.  Towards  evening  we  arrived  in 
front  of  Cartersxille.  Here  the  rebels  were  drawn  up  in  line,  ap- 
parenth'  to  hold  and  protect  the  large  foundr\  just  south  of  t(jwn. 
from  which  the  lebel  armies  had  bet-u  supplied  witii  a  great  amount 
of  ordnance  stores.  ()ur  ^kinnish  line  was  hea\  il\  reinforced 
and  \ve  pushed  on.  but  the  "■  |(>biinies"'  Jiad  something  besides 
fighting  on  their  minils.  .Vbandoning  their  lines,  after  setting  fire 
to  an  immense  supph  of  cotton  in  town,  they  escaped  across  the 
EtyA\ah.  lea\  ing  the  f()undr\  and  a  large  number  of  their  skiim- 
ishers  in  our  hands.  Our  i  ^tb  Indiana  battery  and  IJatterx  D 
galloped  dow  n  to  the  ri\ei"  bank,  and  soon  made  it  too  hot  for  the 
foixe  which  had  been  left  to  burn  their  pontoon  bridge,  so  that 
also  fell  in  our  hands.  >Soon  a  bright  flame  arose  from  the  foun- 
dry which  had  been  fired,  aiul  for  an  hour  a  magnificent  confia- 
gration  was  presented  to  our  view.  After  a  little  the  light  and 
noise  from  the  bursting  shells  and  kegs  of  powder,  added  grandeur 
to  the  scene,  and  turned  the  serenit^■  of  a  still  and  beautiful  night 
into  a  perfect  Pandemonium. 

The  rebel  cavalrv,  under  Wheeler,  had  been  sent  on  a  raiil 
around  north,  to  cut  our  communication  and  to-  capture  and  des- 
troy such  of  our  supph'  trains  as  they  might  fall  in  with.  Though 
they  accomplished  little,  thev  captured  the  3d  di\  ision  train  with 
ten  davs'  rations,  so  that  on  this  march  we  were  obliged  to  shift 
for  ourseh  es  to  a  large  extent,  though  each  of  the  other  divisit)n>- 
gave  us  a  small  portion  of  their  plenty.  The  bo\s  were  deter- 
mined not  to  star\  e.  so  one  night,  while  the  4th  Corps  train  was 
lying  near  bw  some  of  the  enterprising  ones  sli|)ped  up.  while  the 
teamsters  were  asleejx  and  almost  under  the  noses  of  the  guards, 
stole  cpnte  a  number  of  cracker  boxes,  which  the\'  brought  into 
camp  and  issued  the  contents  to  their  companions.      Still   tor  se\  - 


40  HISTORY  OF  THE 

crul  (lays  our  main  reliance  was  corn,  which  the  ho\  s  would  steal 
from  the  cavalry  horses  and  train  mules.  A  great  deal  was  got 
hy  scraping  up  from  the  ground  where  the  horses  had  scattered 
it,  and  much  of  it  had  sprouted.  This  washed  and  parched  made 
quite  a  grateful  meal  to  many  a  half-starved  soldier. 

Across  the  river  in  our  front,  the  rebels  had  Iniilt  strong  lines  of 
earthworks  aroimd  Allatoona,  \\here  the\-  e\  identl\-  intended  to 
fight  us  in  earnest,  but  General  Sherman  did  not  gratify  them. 
Early  on  the  twenty-fourth  we  left  our  position  and  marched  down 
the  fertile  bottoms  of  the  Etowah  westward  about  nine  miles, 
where  we  crossed  the  river  on  a  pontoon  bridge,  ad\anced  a  couple 
of  miles  further,  and  halted  in  line  of  battle.  Next  day  the  104th 
took  charge  of  the  corps  wagon  train  \\  hich  started  on  at  dav- 
break,  going  south-west  towards  Pmnpkin  \"ine  Creek.  A  steadv 
rain  was  falling,  and  ^vith  the  \\  heels  deep  in  the  black,  half- 
liquid  mire  we  mo\  ed  at  a  snaibs  pace  all  day  and  the  next  night. 
After  a  late  breakfast  on  the  twenty-sixth  we  ad\anced  to  the  front, 
between  Dallas  and. Acworth,  where,  after  se\ere  skirmishing,  we 
drove  the  enemy  out  of  a  strong  line  of  rifle  pits.  Then  we  lax- 
down  to  rest  our  weary  bones.  The  rain  continued  all  night,  and 
nearly  e\-ery  night  and  more  than  half  the  chns  tor  the  next  two 
weeks.  All  the  forenoon  of  the  twenty-seventh  hea\y  cannonading 
to  our  right,  gave  evidence  of  the  severe  work  Thomas  was  ha\ing 
on  the  Pumpkin  \"ine.  We  advanced  through  the  thick  under- 
brush one-third  of  a  mile  towards  Dallas.  The  rebels  tried  to  shell  us 
out  of  our  new  line,  but  without  success.  In  this  da\"s  skirmish, 
John  W.  Roberts,  (jf  Compan\-  D,  was  wcnmtled  in  the  side.  All 
that  night  we  worked  in  a  pelting  rain,  building  breastworks. 
By  daybreak  we  were  well  protected,  as  we  thought,  from  the 
reliel  skirmish  line,  barely  sixty  vards  in  the  front,  iiarlv  in  the 
day,  as  Captain  Ai.  C.  Horton  was  passing  along  in  therea-  of  the 
line,  a  shot  from  a  rebel  sharpshooter  hit  him  in  the  forehead,  and 
he  dropped  dead  without  a  struggle  or  a  groan.  Captain  Horton 
was  (^ne  of  nature's  nolilemen,  kind  and  generous  to  a  fault. 
He  was  loved  b\  all  who  knew  him,  while  his  uncomplaining 
endurance  of  fatigue,  hardships  and  want,  and  his  coolness  in 
scenes  of  danger  and  strife  marked  him  as  one  of  the  bravest  of 
the  brave.  A  half  dozen  of  Companv  D  carried  him  to  his  resting 
place,  where  in  less  than  fortv-eight  hours  he  was  joined  by  the 
brave,  sociable  and  generous  Corporal  James  Fitzpatrick.  He 
was  shot  through  the  head  on  the  day  of  the  captain's  death,   and 


'104TH  REdlMENT.  ^I 

after  lingcriiii^  for  thirty-six  hours  died,  and  was  1)uricd  bv  his 
captains  side.  Caleb  Riissel,  of  Company  I.  had  his  shoubler 
broken  b\   a  ])iece  of  a  rebel  shell. 

Day  and  ni<^ht,  for  the  next  two  days,  constant  Hrinjj^  was  kept 
lip  on  our  skirmish  line  at  short  ranj^^e,  but  owin*^  to  the  thick  imder- 
brush.  little  execution  was  done  b\'  either  arni\  .  At  da\  break  of 
the  twent\  -ninth  the  rebel  ann\-  ad\  anced  to  the  charge  and  dro\  e 
in  our  skii  inishers,  but  when  the\'  were  within  twenty  paces  we 
delivered  one  \\  ithering  \()lle\ ,  \\  hich  sent  them  pell  mell  back  to 
their  own  lines.  lea\  iug  o\  er  tift\  dead  and  wounded  in  tVont  of 
our  brigade.  ()ur  loss  was  three  wounded  in  the  104111.  .Xbout 
half  wa\'  between  the  two  armies,  in  an  open  space,  stood  a  large 
two-stor\  log  tobacco  barn,  in  which  (piite  a  number  of  the  rebels 
now  took  shelter  and  began  tiring  at  an\'  of  our  bo\s  who  came 
within  range  of  their  rifles.  Com])an\-  F,  of  the  104th.  was 
detailed  to  dri\e  them  out,  which  the\'  did  in  a  gallant  charge,  in 
which  tbe\  were  led  b\'  their  natt\  little  ca])tain.  Joseph  V.  Riddle. 
They  captured  about  a  score  of  the  rel)els,  and  set  Hre  to  the 
building,  then  retired  to  their  breastwork.  They  lost  two  of 
their  best  men.  Joseph  v'-^mith  ami  Samuel  F.  Totten,  while  John 
Love  was  wounded.  About  sundown  our  division  was  relieved 
bv  pai"t  of  the  141)1  Corps,  and  for  the  Hi'st  time  in  o\  er  a  week 
we  lay  down  and  slept  all  night.  Bright  and  early  on  June  second 
we  ^vere  drawn  uj)  in  line  of  battle,  faced  stpiare  about  and 
slowly  ad\  ancetl  to  the  eastward  through  a  rough  hilh'  country, 
densely  timbered  with  scrubby  pines  and  black  jack.  Towards 
noon  we  halted  in  front  of  a  strong  line  of  earthworks,  where  the 
'"rebs""  were  as  thick  and  as  saucy  as  bumble  bees  in  August.  Here 
we  began  to  fortif\',  but  after  an  unsuccessful  attempt  to  break  our 
line,  the  rebels  abandoned  their  works  and  withdrew  into  the 
strongly  fortified  line  around  Kenesa\\',  Little  Kenesaw,  Pine  and 
Lost  mountains,  and  left  us  in  possession  of  the  almost  equalh' 
strong  position  at  .Vllatoona  pass  and  Acworth.  Here  we  re- 
mained, occup\ing  the  rebel  line  till  the  tenth  of  June,  with  no 
incidents  worthy  of  note.  But  we  \yere  wet  from  the  rain  which 
fell  almost  constantly  night  and  day,  and  much  of  the  time  we  were 
on  short  rations. 

On  the  morning  of  the  tenth  we  again  faced  tt)  the  south, 
marched  tliiee  miles  and  found  the  rebels  strongh  entrenchetl  in 
a  line  extending  between  and  enveloping  Kenesaw  and  Lost 
mountains.      The    104th    was   sent    on    the    skirmish    line.      They 


4- 


HISTORV  OF  THE 


pushctl  turvvard.  captured  some  reiiel  skirmishers,  without  loss  on 
our  side,  and  drove  them  into  their  entrenchments.  Next  morning- 
(jcneral  Sherman  came  along  the  line,  and  hy  his  orders,  Battery  D 
went  to  work  shelling  the  woods  around  a  covered  bridge  over  a 
creek  in  our  front,  so  as  to  develop  the  rebel  position  there.  While 
watching  the  effect  on  the  rebel  pickets  who  were  hunting  their 
holes  in  cpiick  time,  (i.  P.  Reed,  (jrderl\-  sergeant  of  Companv  I, 
was  struck  in  the  knee  by  a  minie  ball.  He  was  borne  to  the  hos- 
pital, wliere  his  leg  was  amputated  immediately.  On  the  thirteenth 
a  corj:)oral  in  Compan\  A  had  his  left  arm  taken  oft",  the  bone 
being  broken  b\-  rebel  shell.  After  dark  we  moved  to  the  left  and 
formed  upon  the  flank  of  Butterfield's  division  of  the  20th  Corps, 
w  bich  had  taken  a  strong  position  close  to  the  foot  of  Pine  moun- 
tain. A  rebel  battery  on  the  mountain,  which  raked  our  line, 
tried  to  shell  us  out  in  the  morning  but  without  avail,  for  all  night 
long  we  bad  dug  and  delved  till  we  had  a  new  shot-proof  line 
right  on  their  flank.  }Icrc  we  spent  the  time  dodging  the  rebel 
shell  which  e\  er  and  anon  they  sent  over  our  heads  to  let  us  know 
the\  \vere  still  alive,  till  the  morning  of  the  seventeenth  when  we 
discovered  that  the\  had  left  the  strong  line  in  our  front,  and  had 
fallen  back  to  another  line  equallv  strong,  across  a  creek,  along  a 
low  ridge  at  either  extremitv  of  which  rose  high  mountain-like 
knobs.  These  were  crowned  with  heavv  earthworks  defended  bv 
strong  batteries.  Our  brigade,  with  a  brigade  from  the  20th 
Corps,  formed  in  line  and  advanced  up  through  the  woods, 
skirmishing  for  e\erv  inch  of  ground  till  we  came  to  the  edge  of 
a  large  open  fleld  which  the  rebs  were  crossing  to  reach  the  cover 
of  their  line,  and  of  the  timber  on  top  of  the  southern  of  those 
fortified  mounds.  Batterv  D  came  to  the  front  and  shelled  the 
rebs  out  of  their  skirmish  pits,  while  the  6^th  Illinois  and  103d 
and  i04tb  Ohio  charged  across  the  half  mile  of  open  space  to  the 
mound  and  into  their  works,  from  which  the  rebels  fled  to  the 
co\er  of  a  much  stronger  line  around  the  other  mound,  one-fourth 
of  a  mile  to  the  north-east.  Being  reinforced  by  the  retreating 
column.  the\  now  massed  fourteen  pieces  of  artiller\-,  protected 
b\  strong  works  and  hid  out  of  sight  by  the  surrounding  forest. 
At  full  gallop  Batterv  D  followed  us  in  and  took  their  position  in 
the  pine  thicket  on  top  of  the  mound.  The  rest  of  our  division 
came  on  double  quick  and  formed  on  our  right,  while  the  20th 
Corps  formed  on  the  left.  The  104th  was  retired  to  the  rear  of 
tlie  l)atter\    where   we    lav    down,  and  for  nearly  an  hour  sa\y  the 


104TH  REG /ME  XT. 


43 


most  terriHc  aitillciy  duel  \vc  c\er  witnessed.  I•^)lIl■tL•c^  rebel 
cannons  poured  a  perfect  hailstorui  of  sliot  and  shells  into  the 
thicket,  where  tine  as  steel  IJattery  I)  ()))ened  witli  terril)le  pie- 
cision,  with  tlieir  four  true  and  trusty  Rodman  .•^UU'-.  lUit  tiie 
odds  were  too  ^reat  and  soon  one  ot  their  <j,"uns  wa>  dismounted, 
while  almost  e\  er\'  minute  one  after  another  ot  the  lna\  e  fellows 
was  struck  down.  (lallant  xouul;-  Stanford,  of  Ka\enna,  was 
literalh  toi"n  to  pieces  1)\-  a  hurstint;- shell.  andthe;4un  he  was  ser\ - 
'\n\f  silenced  hv  the  terrible  rebel  Hre.  (ieneral  Hooker,  takint^-  in 
the  situation  sentthe  13th  Xew  ^'ork  battery  of  six  Xa]:)oIeon  tjuns, 
ji^allopini;'  down  to  the  ed<;"e  ot  the  woods  to  a  deep  ra\  ine.  across 
which  a  dozen  rods  away  the  rebel  battery  was  tlealiny  out  death 
and  destruction.  The  Yorkers  wheeled  in  line  in  splendid  st\le 
and  opened  out  on  the  astonislied  enem\  \\  ith  ^lape  and  canister, 
workinjj^  tlieir  guns  with  such  terrible  etfect  that  with  tlie  help  of 
our  batter\-,  in  less  than  a  quarter  of  an  hour  e\  cry  rebel  gun  was 
silenced.  Oui"  infantr\-  lines  now  ad\anced  to  the  ra\ine.  where 
for  the  next  two  da\s  we  ke])t  them  so  closely  in\  ested  that  they 
scarcely  dared  to  show  their  heads  abo\  e  their  works.  Meantime 
the  rains  descended  and  the  Hoods  came,  and  beat  upon  the  "Jtdm- 
nies"  and  oursehes  alike;  and  turned  the  roads,  naturally  po<»r 
enough,  into  a  ]:)erfect  ([uagmire.  l^larh  on  the  nineteenth  our 
diyision  mo\  ed  on  through  the  slush  and  mud.  our  skirmishers 
driving  the  rebel  pickets  back  tiirough  an  almost  impenetrable 
I'ungle.  till  we  came  to  their  line  of  works  around  the  mound. 
Here  vye  formed  and  acK  anced  in  line  of  battle,  but  the  rebels  left 
their  works  and  retreated  tt)  their  line  around  Kenesaw  mountain. 
Our  tire  had  e\  er  since  the  hght  of  the  se\enteenth.  kept  them 
entireh'  shut  up  in  their  entrenchments,  so  that  their  scores  of 
dead  from  that  encounter  lay  unburied  where  they  fell,  creating  a 
most  nitolerable  stench  as  the\  lay  in  the  midsummer  rain.  Of 
the  104th,  Nelson  ChaHee  was  se^■erely  wounded  through  the 
lungs,  and  Zeph  Crubaugh  in  one  leg,  both  from  Company  D, 
and  Wilson  S.  Burnett,  of  Company  F,  was  shot  through  the 
thigh.  While  Schotields  and  Hooker's  men  were  thus  taking 
line  after  line,  ending  with  the  fortress  of  Little  Kenesaw  .  other 
portions  of  Sherman's  arm\  were  at  work  in  the  same  manner, 
skirmishing  and  lighting  night  and  (la\ .  digging  ami  building 
works  of  mud  at  night,  and  slopping  shoe  deep  in  mud  during 
the  day  till  now  ,  on  the  twentieth  of  June,  the  rebel  army  was 
withdrawn  into  the  impregnable  fortress  of  clifl'diountl  Kenesaw, 


44 


HIS  TOR  7'  OF  THE 


and  extended  southward  on  either  side  of  Marietta.  Our  i^d 
Corps  was  swunji^  wav  around  south  to  the  extreme  right:  Hook- 
er, Howard,  and  Pahner  to  the  left  around  the  mountain,  while 
McPherson,  with  his  two  corps,  extended  southward  on  the  left, 
formiuif  a  irreat  horseshoe,  with  the  rebel  arm\   inside. 


CHAPTER    V. 


KEXESAW    TO    ITOY    CREEK. 


(ieneral  Cox  \vas  much  given  to  building  breastworks. 
Through,out  this  whole  campaign  there  w  ere  \  erv  few  exceptions 
to  his  regular  practice  of  setting"  all  hands  to  work  fortifying  each 
new  position.  Sometimes  we  were  allowed  to  occupy  them  for  a  day 
or  two  after  the\  were  built,  but  often  we  mo\"ed  on  again  before 
they  were  half  finished.  Ilascalbs  2d  division,  where  this  ])rac- 
tice  did  not  prevail  to  any  great  extent,  often  laughed  at  us, 
calling  us  ''the  breastworks  division,"  and  (jur  commander.  •'Gen- 
eral Breastworks."  However,  it  so  happened  that  Hascall  was 
all  the  time  losing  more  in  killed,  wounded,  and  prisoners  than 
Cox,  so  the  laughing  was  not  at  all  one-sided.  But  our  lioys  could 
see  no  good  reason  whv  we  should  be  kept  constanth'  at  Avork  on 
works  we  never  intended  to  hold,  and  grmnbling  was  protuse 
among  us  till  June  twenty-second,  when  an  event  transpired  which 
served  as  an  eve-opener,  and  gave  our  general  a  mighty  lift  in  the 
minds  of  the  men.  That  morning  we  started  forward,  skirmish- 
ing, as  usual,  all  the  wa}'  for  about  two  miles.  We  took  a  new 
position,  further  south-east,  and  threatening  the  rebel  communi- 
cations. The  2d  division  was  on  our  right,  anil  Williams"  di- 
vision of  the  20th  Corps  on  our  left.  As  soon  as  we  were  fairly  in 
position  we  were  set  to  work,  and  in  perhaps  three  hours  had  a 
good  line  of  works  built  in  our  front.  All  this  time  the  two  di- 
visions of  Hascall  and  Williams  had  been  taking  a  rest,  which 
thev,  as  well  as  ourselves,  much  needed.  The  line  was  on  open 
ground,  in  full  view  of  the  rebels,  as  well  as  of  each  other.  Gen- 
eral Johnston  took  in  the  situation  at  once,  and  massing  a  vastly 
superior  force,  hurled   it  on  HascalFs  exposed  line,  with  intent  to 


lUJtTII  RECilMENT.  .- 

crush  him  hcfoic  help  Ci)ul(l  arrive.  It  was  oulv  by  the  most  des- 
perate tij^litiuif  that  Ills  men  heUl  their  <)[r()uiKl.  and  l^eat  the  rebels 
hack  till  assistance  arrived  in  the  reserves  of  the  1st  and  ^d  di- 
visions, when  the  rehels  fell  hack  to  try  it  ai^ain  elsewhere.  The 
loss  of  life,  hoth  to  tiie  rebels  and  our  men.  was  \  er\-  heav\.  [nst 
as  the  e\  enini;-  shades  were  bej^inninji,-  to  j^ather.  w  ith  theii"  lontr. 
peculiar  yell,  the  rebel  host  a^'ain  swept  on.  this  time  to  the  un- 
protected dnisioii  ot'  (ieiieral  Williams.  A^ain  the\  were  re- 
pulsed w  ith  oreat  slautihter.  lea\  ino-  ;i  l;ir<;e  number  of  their 
braxest  and  best  dead  on  the  field.  Our  men  had  done  heroic 
work,  liut  paid  dearly  foi-  their  \  ictory  in  the  li\es  of  man\-  a 
soldier.  The  rebels  ne\  er  tried  our  w  ell  piotected  front.  Thouj^h 
witnesses  to  both  these  bloody  flights,  our  tlivision  escaped  un- 
scathed. I'^roni  this  time  on  we  grumbled  less  and  worked  more 
cheertuMy  to  ,^"i\e  oursehes  protection  w  hich  ensmed  such  pro- 
found respect. 

Our  army  was  now  ii^ettino-  to  work  in  dead  earnest  in  the  at- 
tempt to  reduce  the  stronohold  of  Kenesaw  mountain.  .Mono- 
our  central  line,  battery  aftei"  battery  was  placed  in  position,  and 
commenced  the  work  of  bombardment.  Xow  the  roar  of  artiller\ 
could  be  heard  like  a  continual  lon<;-  roll,  off  to  our  left,  da\-  and 
niy-ht.  for  nearly  a  week.  At  nio-htthe  mountain  presented  a  mu"-- 
nihcent  spectacle.  As  the  iiiins  on  the  mountain  poured  forth  their 
sheets  of  white  flame,  and  the  shells,  like  so  man\  skv  rockets. 
^  would  rise  Irom  the  semi-circle  of  "uns  on  our  line  toward  the 
rebel  stron<^hold,  and  over  all  was  the  weird,  nnearthlv  reflections 
on  the  clouds,  we  beheld  an  ever  chanoino-  pvrotechnical  displa\- 
surpassing;  anythiiy<(  we  had  ever  before  seen.  On  the  twent\  - 
seventh  we  a^ain  moved  forward  abcmt  three  miles,  driving  the 
rebels  back  to  within  easy  cannon  shot  of  the  road  from  Marietta 
to  Atlanta.  Here  the  ist  brigade  was  set  at  work  building  a 
heavy  earthwork  with  embrasures  for  ten  guns,  where  the  i^th 
Indiana  Battery  and  Battery  D  were  in  a  day  or  two  placed  in 
position  to  sweep  the  road  for  a  long  distance.  On  the  iyth  also 
occurred  the  tremendous  assault  by  the  troops  uikler  Thomas  and 
Mcpherson,  on  the  rebel  entrenchments  on  the  mountain,  in 
\\hich  the\  were  re))ulsed  with  great  loss,  ^\'e  could  hear  the 
noise  ot  the  conflict,  but  could  see  nothing  but  the  dense  column 
of  smoke  ^\•hich  arose  from  the  field  of  carnage.  On  the  night 
ot  the  fii-st  of  July  it  became  evident  that  something  unusal  was 
going    on    in    the    rebel    lines.      The    rebel    camp-tires    burned    as 


46  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

brightly  as  c\  cr  aiouiul  the  mountain,  hut  wc  noticed  the  utter 
silence  of  the  lehel  artillery.  The  north  wind  wafted  to  our  ears 
the  rumble  of  heavy  wheels  coming  down  the  rocky  sides  of  the 
mountain,  and  all  along  in  our  front  toward  the  south.  Our  bat- 
teries opened  out  to  sweep  the  road,  l)ut  it  was  soon  found  that 
there  were  no  rebels  there.  Thev  had  with  great  labor  con- 
structed a  road  through  the  wooded  hills  further  east,  and  on  this 
the\'  made  their  escape  with  their  trains  that  night,  at  the  same 
time  e\  acuating  the  mountain  and  following  on  to  the  Chattahoo- 
chee, where,  under  co\  er  of  heav\  works  which  had  been  erected 
the  winter  l)efore,  the\  turned  again  to  show  us  tight.  July  second 
our  armies  began  the  pursuit,  and  for  the  next  two  da\s  regiments, 
brigades,  di\  isions  and  corps  were  marching  along  the  road 
toward  Atlanta,  leaving  our  corps  as  the  last  to  move.  On  the 
fifth  we  started  out  eastward  toward  the  Chattahoochee,  where 
we  arrived  the  morning  of  the  eighth,  ha\  ing  taken  three  da\  s  to 
march  eighteen  miles.  Our  route  lav  down  the  \allev  of  Soap 
Creek,  at  the  mouth  Of  which  we  proceeded  to  \i\\  a  pontoon 
l^ridge  across  the  ri\  er.  which,  at  that  place  was  about  three  hun- 
dred yards  wide  and  waist  deep.  The  rebels  had  a  brigade  in 
line  on  the  high  blufl'  opposite  supporting  two  twelve-poimders, 
which  opened  out  on  our  pioneers  at  work  on  the  liridge.  The 
104th  was  deployed  as  skirmishers,  and  moved  down  to  the  river 
bank  where  we  began  such  a  galling  fire  that  they  tried  to  remove 
their  cannon  further  back  out  of  i^ifle  range,  but  were  obliged  to 
abandon  them,  as  we  had  killed  and  disabled  most  of  their  horses, 
while  Battery  D,  from  the  blufl'  in  our  rear  had  made  the  locality 
extremely  unhealth\'  for  either  the  gunners  or  their  supports. 
Meantime  the  103d  had  forded  the  river  a  short  distance  above, 
and  all  unseen  came  on  down  the  ri^•er,  formed  in  line  of  l^attle, 
and  charged  up  the  bluft'.  When  thev  \\  ere  fairh'  under  N\av, 
our  boys  opened  on  the  rebel  line  with  such  a  hre  that  the 
'"Johnnies"  took  to  their  heels,  and  were  just  tlisappearing  in  the 
woods  beyond,  as  the  103d  arrived  at  the  top  of  the  blufl'  and, 
turning  the  abandoned  guns,  sent  a  few  shots  after  the  flying  foe. 
We  soon  had  the  liridge  ready  and  crossed  over,  followed  h\  the 
remainder  of  the  division,  one  day  ahead  of  McPherson's  crossing 
at  Roswell,  six  miles  above,  and  the  ad\"ance  of  Thomas'  army  at 
\"ining"s  bridge,  two  miles  below.  Here  we  had  a  hard-earned 
week's  rest,  which  the  boys  appreciated  as  only  tired  soldiers  can. 
The  rebel  authorities  were  sorely   disappointed   with   the  out- 


10 J,  TH  RE  GIMEN  T.  ^y 

come  of  the  summer's  work.  We  had  in  less  than  two  nutnths 
driven  them  away  out  of  nineteen  stronjr,  well  fortified  lines  of 
defense,  ox  er  four  mountain  rani;es  and  tour  considerahle  rivers,  a 
distance  of  one  hundred  miles,  and  to  within  five  miles  of  the 
defenses  of  Atlanta.  .So  JefV  Davis  i^^ave  his  best  j^eneral  his 
walking;  )3a})ers,  and  put  his  arm\  in  command  of  the  lion-hearted 
John  H.  Hood,  whose  only  ciuiUihcation  as  a  j^eneral  was  that  he 
was  always  spoilinjj  for  a  Hj^ht.  Around  our  camp  alouLj  the 
river,  l)lackl)crries  \\cre  \ery  plenty  at  this  time,  wliich  the 
boys  enjoyed  to  tlie  fullest  extent.  Thex  l)ecame  somewhat  care- 
less, so  on  the  tenth  some  of  them  were  surprised  outside  of  the 
lines,  and  driven  in  1)\-  Imshwhackers.  1)\  whom  three  of  our 
brig^ade  were  killed,  and  several  captured.  Just  at  dark  on  the 
fourteenth,  a  fearful  thunder  storm  came  up,  which  soon  became 
a  perfect  hurricane,  sweeping  away  fences  and  tents  like  so  much 
chaff,  while  the  ground  in  our  camp  was  soon  strewn  with  the 
limbs  and  bodies  of  the  falling  timber,  liy  which  several  men  of  the 
regiment  were  wounded.  The  major,  sergeant  major,  and  sev- 
eral men  in  the  i6th  Kentuckv  were  killed,  and  manv  were 
injured.  On  the  seventeenth  we  mo\ed  out  south-east  to  the 
vicinity  of  Cross  Keys,  wdiere  we  had  a  slight  skirmish  with  rebel 
cavalry,  who  r^jtired  back  to  Peachtree  Creek.  Our  loss  was 
small.  Of  our  regiment,  George  Rice,  of  Company  F.  was 
severely  wounded,  while  Orderlv  vSergeant  Jackson,  of  Compan\- 
-H,  was  killed  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  his  gun,  while  cross- 
ing a  ravine,  on  a  log,  where  he  stumbled  and  fell.  Long  before 
day  on  the  twentieth,  we  were  in  motion  again.  Company  D  on 
the  skirmish  line.  After  the  most  obstinate  skirmishing,  we 
drove  the  rebel  cavalr\  back  from  their  line  along  Peachtree 
Creek  seven  miles  to.  and  across  the  Georgia  Central  railroad, 
between  Atlanta  and  Decatur.  Although  this  was  the  most  tire- 
some and  exhausting  day's  work  we  were  ever  engaged  in.  with 
constant  and  obstinate  skirmishing  from  before  davlight  till  long 
after  night,  our  loss  was  slight,  but  Compan\-  D  was.  t"or  the 
second  time,  deprived  of  a  commander,  in  the  loss  of  Origen 
Adams,  orderly  sergeant  of  the  companw  and  since  our  passage 
of  the  Chattahoochee,  our  commander,  instead  of  Captain  Ever- 
hard,  who  had  iieen  transferred  to  Company  E.  Off  to  the  right, 
miles  away,  fearful  scenes  of  carnage  were  transpiring  in  front  of 
the  4th,  14th,  and  20th  corps,  \\  hich  were  receiving  the  tremen- 
dous assaults  of  Hood's  arm\'  at  Peachtree  Creek.      In  the  morn- 


48  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

in<4  the  spires  of  vVtlanta  were  plainly  \isil)le  two  miles  to  the 
north-west,  \vhile  less  than  half  a  mile  in  front,  the  parapets  of  a 
tremendous,  well-manned  line  of  earthworks  could  be  seen 
throu<;h  the  openinijs.  Here  we  went  to  work  in  earnest,  and 
soon  had  the  protection  of  a  strong-  line  of  works  in  our  front. 
As  soon  as  it  was  fairly  day,  Haltery  D  opened  on  the  town,  and 
soon  compelled  the  Johnnies  to  haul  down  the  flao^  which  marked 
the  rebel  headciuarters.  About  sunrise  on  the  t\vent\-second,  our 
skirmish  line  was  doubled,  and  achanced  on  the  rebel  works  in 
front,  our  main  line  of  battle  following;  swifth'  on,  and  in  ten  min- 
utes we  were  in  possession  of  their  outer  line,  where  we  waited 
for  McPherson.  with  his  three  corps,  to  o-ft  into  line  on  our  left. 
Towards  noon.  hea\v  skirmishing;",  far  ot^"  to  the  left  and  rear, 
showed  that  our  bovs  out  there  were  trettintj^  into  luisiness.  For 
an  hour  we  could  hear  their  stead\'  advance,  when  in  an  instant, 
ort'  to  the  south  a  couple  of  miles,  the  shrill,  \\  ild,  rebel  yell  rose  on 
the  summer  air,  as  Hardee  and  iStewart  rushed  their  solid  columns 
in  a  \\edge-shaped  line  between  the  i6th  and  17th  corps,  v.nd 
be<^an  to  push  them  back,  and  double  upon  each  other.  The 
fearful  crash  of  arms,  and  incessant  roar  of  artillery  gave  proof 
that  though  surprised,  our  men  were  by  no  means  routed.  Soon 
aids  de  camp  came  with  the  news  that  Blair's  and  Dodge's  men 
were  being  cut  to  pieces,  followed  by  orders  for  us  to  hasten  to 
the  rescue,  which  we  did  as  fast  as  the  nature  of  the  ground 
would  permit.  Back  up  the  Decatur  road  we  fairly  flew  for  a 
couple  of  miles  to  get  in  McPherson's  rear,  thence  south  through 
tangled  brushwood  struggling  on  as  best  we  could  toward  the 
break  in  the  Union  line  which  we  reached  between  two  and  three 
p.  M.  But  the  battle  was  over,  and  the  rebels  repidsed  w'ith  ter- 
rible loss.  We  halted  till  night  but  a  few  roils  from  McPherson's 
general  hospital,  where  all  the  evening  the  torn  and  mangled  bodies 
of  hundreds  of  his  brave  and  gallant  men  \vere  being  brought  in. 
Long  tables  were  covered  w  ith  men  with  shattered  liml)s,  while 
scores  of  surgeons  were  at  their  blo(jd\-  work  of  cutting  and  saw- 
ing, probing  and  bandaging,  and  piles  of  still  warm  and  qui\ering 
arms  and  leg.s  la\  under  the  tables:  and  umler  the  shady  forest 
trees,  were  ranged  hundreds  of  men.  filling  the  air  ^vith  their 
piteous  cries  for  water,  and  heart-rending,  dying  groans.  .Such  is 
war.  ■  Under  the  protecting  shade  of  a  great  oak,  near  h\\  h\\  the 
lifeless  form  of  the  pride  of  the  army  of  the  Temnessee,  brave, 
handsome,  gallant  McPherson.  The  entire  western  army  mourned 


104TH  REGIMENT.  aq 

his  loss,  for  he  was  luhniicd  aiul  1(>\  ed  h\  all.  At  the  little  hamlet 
of  Clyde,  in  Sandusky  count}  ,  Ohio,  among  liis  friends,  and  near 
the  home  of  his  aged  mother,  he  lies  at  peace;  where  the  lovino- 
hands  of  his  true  and  trusty  I)oys  ha\  e  erected  a  colossal  statue  of 
bronze  to  mark  the  s})ot. 

Howard  took  McPherson's  place,  and  in  a  few  da\s  more 
moved  his  three  corps  around  the  rear  of  vSchofield  to  the  extreme 
right,  where,  on  the  twenty-eighth,  he  again  defeated  a  large  part 
of  Hood's  army,  so  tiiat  at  the  end  of  Jul\  Sherman's  forces  had 
invested  Atlanta  on  the  east,  north  and  west,  with  the  zi^d  Corps 
on  the  extreme  left  of  his  line,  east  of  the  citv. 

After  dark,  on  the  e\ening  of  August  first,  we  witlidrew  from 
in  front  of  the  rebel  lines,  to  the  rear  of  the  4th  Corps,  where  we 
lav  till  morning,  when  we  resumed  our  march,  and  during  the 
da\  passed  along  the  rear  of  all  the  other  six  corps  of  our  army, 
from  the  extreme  left  to  the  extreme  right.  We  encountered  but 
slight  resistence  from  the  rebels,  and  took  a  position  along  a  ridge 
reaching  to  the  Chattahoochee,  on  which  we  that  night  built  a 
strong  line  of  breastworks.  Here  we  lay  till  the  afternoon  of  the 
fourth,  w'hen  we  again  advanced  to  the  front.  Our  brigade  was 
pushed  through  the  thick  underbrush  about  half  a  mile  to  a  deep 
ravine,  where  we  were  massed  in  column  of  divisions  for  a  charge, 
and  were  kept  waiting  all  the  evening  for  the  14th  Corps  to  form 
on  our  right.  Here  we  lay  on  our  arms  all  night.  Our  skirmish- 
^  ers  were  kept  busy,  and  a  few^  of  those  in  the  3d  division  were 
killed  an(]  wounded,  but  they  had  the  satisfaction  of  capturing 
some  two  hundred  or  more  of  the  "Johnnies."  At  daylight,  on 
the  fifth,  we  again  moved  forward,  but  had  not  gone  far  when  we 
were  halted  to  await  the  co-operation  ofthe  14th  Corps,  which  had 
been  sent  to  help  us  turn  the  enemy's  left  flank,  but  failed  to  come 
to  time  through  the  pig-headedness  of  their  corps  commander. 
General  Palmer,  who  refused  to  take  orders  from  General  Scho- 
field  on  the  plea  that  it  was  beneath  his  dignitv  to  receive  orders 
from  an  officer  of  inferior  rank.  General  Sherman  put  him 
proijiptly  under  arrest,  and  (General  Jeft'  C.  Davis  took  his  place 
in  command  of  the  14th  Corps.  Thus  the  day  was  consumed  and 
the  precious  time  was  occupied  by  the  rebel  commander  massing 
troops  in  our  front,  and  building  and  manning  line  after  line  of 
works,  and  getting  batterv  after  battery  in  position.  The  lines 
were  near  each  other  so  that  e\erv  now  and  then  strav  balls 
dropped  in  among  us  or  whi/zed  harmlesslv  o\er  our  heads,  (^u 
4 


:;o  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

the  fit'tli,  one  of  these  visited  Company    I,  by  which    Sergeant   A. 
H.  Furry  and    Al.    Campbell  were  slightly    wounded  and  Walter 
Chittenden  had  his  arm  broken.      In  the  afternoon  we  moved  for- 
ward again  and  took  the  rebel  front  line  \\  ith  scarcely  any  loss  in 
our   division.      Here   we   remained   till    morning   and   \vere  pretty 
thorou«:hlv  drenched  bv  a   drizzling  rain    which   lasted   all   night. 
Though  the   fog   \i\\  thick  aroimd  us  and  completelv   shut  out  our 
\  ision,  we  were  advanced  early  on  the  sixth  through  the   woods 
to  the  right,  and  soon  came  to  the  Sandtown  road  where  we  halted 
to  reform  our  line  for  business.      Rebel  batteries  off  to  the  left  had 
full  sweep   along  the   road,  and   every  little   while  a   shell  would 
come    screaming   along.     One   of  these   burst   close  to   ordnance 
Sergeant  Andrew  Jackson's  ammunition  wagon,  killing  a  soldier 
of  the  1st  Tennessee.     At  9  o'clock  the   ist  brigade  was  ordered 
to  the  charge,  the  104th  Ohio  and  the  ii3th  Illinois  on  the  reserve 
line.     The  brigade  advanced  obliquely  across  the  road  and  charged 
up  and  over  a  low  ridge  swarming  with  rebels,  who  retired  into  a 
deep  ravine,  and  up  another  heavily  wooded  ridge  to  the  cover  of 
heavy    fortifications.     Our   boys  pushed  on   close  at  their  heels  to 
the  foot  of  the  second    ridge,  when,  like  the   bursting   forth  of  an 
immense  volcano,  the  rebel  artillery  opened  from  the  crest   of  the 
ridge,  and  at  the  same  instant  heavy  masked  batteries  on  the  right 
and  left  began   pouring  in  a  raking  cross  fire  on  the  boys,  as  they 
struggled  on  up  the  ridge  to  meet  only  ghastly  death  at  its  crest. 
Under  this  terrible  artillery  fire,  accompanied   by  the   well  aimed 
missiles   from   ten   thousand   rifles,    it  was    impossible  to  take  the 
rebel  line,  so  the  torn  and  battered  fragments  of  the  charging  col- 
umn  fell   back    to   the  shelter  of  a  rocky  ledge  at  the  foot  of  the 
ridge,  leaving  nearly   four  hundred  dead  and  dying   comrades   to 
fall  into  the  enemy's  hands.     A  detailof  eight  men  from  each  com- 
pany of  the  104th  and  112th  were  now  sent  forward  as  skirmishers 
and  advanced  up  through  the  woods  till  they  came  in  sight  of  the 
rebel  line,  where,  taking  shelter  behind  trees,  for  nearly  two  hours 
they  maintained  the  unequal  contest  with  the  rebel  riflemen  who 
swarmed  in  cover  of  the  rebel  breastworks.     One  after  another  of 
the  boys  fell  before  the  rebel  fire,  and  soon  the  skirmish  line  began 
to  grow  thin,  and  a  second  detail  of  four  men  from  each  compan}^ 
was  sent  forward  to  help  them.     Then  one  after  another  the  regi- 
ments began  to  defile  through  a  narrow  gorge  to  the  ridge  in  our 
rear,  where   they  formed  a  new  line,  after   vyhich  the  skirmishers 
began  to  retire,  followed  closely  by  a  strong  force,  by  whom  a  few 


104  TH  R  E  G I  MEN  T.  '^\ 

of  the  boys  were  taken  prisoners,  \\  liilc  eleven  of  their  comrades 
of  the  104th  were  left  on  the  field  dead  and  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  rehels,  who  promptly  stri])[)ed  thcni  of  their  clothinf;^  and  left 
their  unburied  remains  to  the  mercy  of  the  midsummer  sun. 

Sixteen  of  the  boys  were  carried  to  the  rear  wounded,  of  whom 
Albion  Parham,  of  Company  D,  and  David  Force,  of  Company  I, 
died  before  another  mornino^.  The  losses  of  the  104th  were  compar- 
atively light  compared  with  some  other  re<^iments  in  the  brij^ade; 
vet  we  lost  in  all  of  killed,  wounded  and  captured,  somethinj^ 
over  thirty  men.  The  losses  in  the  ist  bri<jjade  aniounted  to 
four  hundred  and  fifty  men,  of  whom  one  hundred  and  forty  were 
lost  from  the  looth  Ohio  from  a  total  of  less  than  three  hundred. 
This  was  the  only  occasion  in  which  the  104th  or  the  ist  brigade 
ever  made  an  attack  and  failed  to  "get  there.'' 

The  terrible  experiences  of  the  morning  of  the  sixth  of  August, 
showed  plainly  that  the  strong  and  well-manned  works  westward 
of  Atlanta  were  impregnable  to  any  direct  assault.  In  the  afternoon 
our  other  two  divisions  were  brought  around  and  formed  on  the 
rrght  of  our  line,  which  was  further  extended  by  part  of  the  14th 
Corps.  Under  a  Bag  of  truce  a  detail  of  our  l)oys  were,  on  the 
seventh,  permitted  to  go  over  the  battle  ground  and  bury  their 
dead  comrades.  They  found  that  the  rebels  had  stripped  them 
of  shoes,  hats,  pants  and  coats,  and  even  shirts  had  been  taken. 
Each  was  given  as  decent  burial  as  the  circumstances  would  per- 
mit. The  men  then  strengthened  their  line  of  works.  Here  they 
remained  until  the  eighth,  when  all  being  in  readiness  they  again 
moved  forward,  and  just  far  enough  to  the  right  to  avoid  being  en- 
trapped in  a  cid  de  sac,  such  as  had  proved  so  fatal  two  days 
before.  Our  brigade  operated  as  a  pivot  on  which  the  remainder 
of  the  corps  and  the  fourteenth  swung  in  a  great  left  wheel, 
first  south-east  and  then  east  back  from  their  first  and  second 
lines  of  works,  away  from  Utoy  creek  to  the  strong  defense  of 
their  inner  lines.  The  loss  in  the  ist  brigade  in  this  move  was 
light.  The  104th  had  about  a  dozen  wounded,  of  whom  Stephen 
Loomis  of  Company  I,  and  one  from  Company  G  died  within  a 
few  days.  By  far  the  heaviest  loss  fell  on  the  3d,  or  Tennessee  bri- 
gade, the  1st  Tennessee  being  especially  unfortunate.  These  pa- 
triotic men  had  served  out  their  term  of  service  and  were  at  the 
time  making  out  the  rolls  preparatory  to  their  muster  out.  Gen- 
eral Cox  told  Colonel  Bvrd,  who  also  commanded  the  brigade, 
that  thouuh  he  had  no  risfht   to   order  his   regiment  into  action  he 


52  HISTORY  OF  THE 

sorely  nceclecl  their  help,  and  that  he  would  call  for  volunteers 
from  the  regiment  for  this  fight.  Colonel  Byrd  stated  the  case  to 
the  men  and  offered  to  lead  such  as  would  go  in.  The  brave  fel- 
lows stepped  forward  to  a  man,  and  in  the  charge  which  ensued, 
that  brigade  captured  a  battery  and  three  battle  flags;  but  the 
regiment  lost  over  one  hundred  men  out  of  less  than  four 
hundred. 

The  men  were  promptly  set  to  work  fortifying  the  new  posi- 
tion, and  they  soon  had  a  strong  line  of  works,  hugging  close  to 
the  rebel  fortifications,  well  to  the  south-w^est  of  the  city.  On  the 
twelfth  the  brigade  again  marched  to  the  right  and  gained  a  new 
position,  which  was  soon  made  strong  enough  to  resist  any  attack 
which  the  rebels  were  likely  to  make  in  that  quarter. 

August  fourteenth  Colonel  J.  W.  Reilly  was  commissioned  a 
Brigadier  General  of  volunteers.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Oscar  W. 
Sterl  was  at  the  same  time  promoted  to  be  Colonel  of  the  104th, 
while  Major  Wm.J.Jordon  was  promoted  to  be  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel and  Captain  Joseph  F.  Riddle  to  be  Major.  All  of  these 
ofticers  so  remained  to  the  end  of  the  war. 

August  sixteenth  Captain  A.J.  Southworth  was  killed  by  the 
falling  of  a  tree,  which  some  of  his  boys  were  chopping,  and 
wdiich  fell  across  the  stump  the  wrong  way. 

The  rebel  commander  had  meantime  dispatched  most  of  his 
cavalry  under  Wheeler,  oft'  north,  on  that  long  and  destructive 
raid  through  north-east  Georgia,  east  Tennessee,  and  North  Caro- 
lina, which,  though  intended  to  force  Sherman  to  abandon  Georgia 
and  fall  liack  to  Chattanooga,  only  served  to  give  the  great  flanker 
the  opportunity  to  move  unobserved  to  the  destruction  of  the 
railroad  communications  of  Atlanta.  So  now,  on  August  eigh- 
teenth, he  began  one  of  the  most  remarkable  moves  of  the  war. 
Slocum,  with  the  3oth  Corps,  strengthened  our  position  at  the 
north  of  Atlanta.  Schofield,  with  his  corps,  stretched  along  close 
to  the  strong  works  west  and  south-\\  est,  while  the  remainino- 
corps  and  divisions  withdrew  from  their  positions,  moved  on,  and 
formed  further  and  further  to  the  right.  In  the  advance  of 
August  eighteenth,  near  East  Point,  several  of  the  104th  were 
wounded  while  on  the  skirmish  line.  Of  these,  John  W.  Roberts, 
of  Company  D,  was  the  second  time  wounded  in  a  little  over  two 
months,  this  time  through  the  lungs,  antl  so  severely  that  but  for 
his  iron  constitution,  it  must  have  proved  fatal.  Here  the  division 
remained   with  almost  continual  skirmishing  and   daily   reconnoi- 


101,  TH  RE  GIMEN  T.  53 

sances  till  Au<i^iist  twenty-ninth.  By  this  time  the  arnn  had 
gained  all  the  ground  south  of  the  city  to  near  the  West  Point 
railroad,  and  now,  leaN  ini^  the  20th  Corps  to  look  out  for  them- 
selves, the  23d  ahandoned  its  line  and  marched  to  the  remainder 
of  the  army,  on  the  left  of  whicli  it  formed  in  line  to  the  south  of 
East  Point,  and  across  the  West  Point  road,  which  the\'  destroyed 
for  a  long  distance.  On  the  thirty-first  the  army  again  advanced 
to  the  eastw  ard,  and  "after  some  severe  skirmishing,  drove  the 
enem\'  to  and  across  the  Macon  raihoad.  w  liicli  our  hovs  pro- 
ceeded to  destroy  up  to  within  three  miles  of  East  Point.  Here 
they  took  a  strong  position  which  they  fortified,  while  Howard 
and  Thomas  also  captured  Joneshoro  and  Loxejoy.  when  they 
tore  up  and  destroNed  the  Alacon  railroad  for  nearly  thirty  miles. 

Hood  had  heen  completely  outgeneraled  by  vSherman,  and  now 
finding  Atlanta  untenable,  on  the  night  of  the  tirst  of  September 
he  withdrew  all  his  war  material  b\-  the  (Georgia  Central  toward 
Augusta,  then  following  with  liis  army,  was  well  on  his  way  to 
Decatur  l)efore  da\-.  General  vSlocum,  at  the  head  ol"  the  20th 
Corps,  rode  into  the  city  early  in  the  morning:  and  the  goal  of 
our  summer's  work,  that  for  which  so  much  blood  and  treasure 
had  been  expended,  was  ours. 

As  soon  as  (jeneral  Sherman  disco\cred  that  the  enemy  was 
gone,  he  disposed  his  forces  so  as  to  protect  the  city  in  all  direc- 
tions and  still  give  his  army  a  season  of  rest.  So  the  23d  Corps 
marched  to  Decatur,  fifteen  miles  east  of  Atlanta,  where,  on  Sep- 
tember eighth,  the  bovs  Avent  into  camp,  and  here  for  a  month 
were  engaged  in  the  inoflensive  pastime  of  dress  parades  and 
guard  mountings. 

The  rebel  authorities  now  determined  to  make  a  bold  stroke  to 
retake  Atlanta,  and  with  this  end  in  view.  General  Hood  started 
about  October  first  on  his  desperate  endeavoi"  to  destroy  Sher- 
man's communications  \\\\\\  Chattanooga,  and  if  possible  to  re- 
gain that  stronghold.  vSo,  following  General  Sherman's  tactics, 
he  struck  ofi'  from  his  lines  of  communication,  and  on  by-roads, 
through  a  wilderness  country,  struck  the  north  Geoi'gia  railroad 
near  Marietta  and  began  the  work  of  destruction. 

But  Sherman  was  b\'  no  means  asleep,  and  soon  all  the  army 
(except  the  20th  Corps  in  Atlanta)  was  marching  northward  in 
quest  of  Hood's  army.  The  23d  Corps  marched  to  \'ining's 
Bridge  on  the  fourth,  thence  on  the  road  north  l)y  Marietta  and 
Acworth   to   the    relief  of  (jeneral   Corse,  who  was   "holding  the 


54  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

fort"  at  Altoona  against  ten  times  his  own  force,  in  obedience  to 
the  famous  order  from  Sherman,  which  has  been  immortalized  in 
the  song:  "Hold  the  fort;  for  I  am  coming."  Our  boys  got 
there  just  in  time  to  be  too  late  to  take  an  active  part  in  the  fight, 
but  next  day  marched  on  through  Cartersvillc  and  Kingston  to 
Rome,  where  thev  arrived  on  the  twelfth.  On  the  thirteenth  our 
division  made  a  reconnoisance  and  had  quite  a  brush  with  the 
"Johnnies,"  capturing  two  pieces  of  artillery,  over  one  hundred 
wagons,  and  several  hundred  prisoners.  The  loss  of  the  104th 
was  four  wounded,  and  not  over  twenty  in  the  division.  They 
marched  through  Calhoun  to  Resaca  on  the  fifteenth,  thence 
through  Snake  Creek  Gap,  where  they  lay  till  the  eighteenth, 
when,  learning  that  Hood  had  left  for  Alabama,  our  forces  were 
again  put  in  motion  in  pursuit.  On  the  nineteenth  our  boys  came 
up  with  them  and  had  some  light  skirmishing  with  their  rear 
guard,  passed  through  Summersville,  entered  Alabama  on  the 
twentieth,  and  marched  on  westward  down  the  beautiful  Coosa 
bottoms,  twelve  miles  to  Gaylesville,  and  went  into  camp  at  Blue 
Pond,  two  miles  from  town.  Here  for  five  days  the  boys  enjoyed 
to  the  fullest  extent  their  hard-earned  rest  in  "a  land  of  corn  and 
swine,"  a  land  beautiful  to  behold;  with  the  finest  fruit,  the  best 
timber,  best  soil  and  best  weather  they  had  seen  since  leaving 
home. 

On  the  twentv-tifth  the  3d  division  moved  to  Cedar  Blufl',  from 
which  the  104th  next  da}'  made  a  reconnoisance  to  Center,  the 
county  seat  of  Cherokee  county.  They  found  the  country  clear  of 
rebels,  and  on  the  38th  the  33d  Corps  started  on  its  return  to 
Geoi-gia  by  way  of  Cave  Spring,  and  arrived  at  Rome  a-bout  noon 
of  the  thirtieth  of  October,  twenty-six  days  after  leaving  Decatur, 
during  which  time  they  had  marched  nearly  four  hundred  and 
fiftv  miles. 

Ever  since  our  entrance  into  the  service  a  mutual  dislike  had 
existed  between  Colonel  Reilly  and  Colonel  Jack  Casement  of 
the  103d,  prompted  bv  jealousy  of  the  latter  on  account  of  Colonel 
Reilly's  preferment.  Casement  laid  Reilly's  popularity  among 
the  higher  officers  to  the  104th  band,  forgetting  that  his  own  dis- 
sipated habits  counteracted  the  soldierly  regard  to  which  his  abil- 
ities and  bravery  fairly  entitled  him.  To  make  up  for  his  supposed 
deficiency,  he  enlisted  all  the  principal  officers  of  his  second  bri- 
gade in  a  scheme  to  outdo  the  104th  in  the  music  line.  The  out- 
come of  this  was  that  the  famous  Jack  Leland's   German  band,  of 


lOJtTH  RECTMENT.  y^ 

Cleveland,   came   al)out   November  first  to  the   2d  hrij^ade  in  our 
camp  at  Rome,  and  that  very  night  proceeded  to  scjuclch  the  bands 
in  the  ist  brigade.      While  the  Ii2th  Illinois  hand  was   playing  as 
usual,    the   newcomers,    with  all  the   pomp  of  men  about  to  show 
their  superiority,  glittering  with   tinsel   and  feathers,  marched  out 
to  the  front,  in  plain  view  and  hearing  of  both  brigades,  prepared 
to  teach  the  boys  what  music  reall\-    was.     As  soon   as  the  other 
band   was   through,  the   hogshead   like  form  of  Lcland  arose,  and 
when  he  swung  aloft  his   befeathered  and  bespangled    baton,  the 
band  struck  up  one  of  its  most  formidable  pieces.     Meantime  our 
band,  in  common  soldier's  blue,  got  in  position  for  a  counterblast. 
As  soon  as  the  cheers  of  the  i(\   brigade,  in  honor   of  their  victory 
had  subsided,  our  boys  began  one  of  their  best   pieces.     Both  bri- 
o-ades  were  out  on  the  ground  in  full  force,   and  also   many  of  the 
officers  from  Generals  Schofleld  and  Sherman's  headquarters,  all  of 
whom  were  encamped  near  by.     The  boys'  eftorts  were  followed 
by  prolonged  and  hearty  cheers  from  our  brigade  and  from  many 
of  the   spectators   from    other    commands.     Leland's   band   again 
took  the  work  in  hand,  followed  by  our  boys  through  no  less  than 
half  a  dozen  pieces,  in   which  each   did    its   best,  but   by    far  the 
heaviest    applause    came  in  response   to  the  eftorts  of  our  band. 
After  an   hour's  heroic  eftort,   the  Clevelanders  gave  up   and   re- 
tired filled  with  disgust,  which  increased  when  our  band  received 
an  invitation  at  Calhoun  to  go  over  and  play  for  General  Sherman 
,  on  the  last  evening  he  would  spend   with  us   before   going  to  At- 
lanta, from  which  place  he  was  soon  to  start  out  on  his  memorable 
march  to  the  sea.     From   this   time  our   band  was  acknowledged 
the  best  in  the  23d  Corps. 


56 


HIS  TOR 2'  OF   THE 


OSCAR  W.  STERL. 
Captain  Company  A,  1862-64,   Colonel  104th  O     V.   T.,   1864-6^. 
[Taken  after  the  close  of  the  war  in  1865  ] 


ANDREW  J.    SOUTHWORTH, 
Captain   Coiii/>a>ij>  B,  Killed  near  Atlanta,   Ga.,  Auj^ust  16,   1S64. 


lO.'iTH  REGIMENr. 


57 


ciiapti:k  \'i 


COLl'MlilA     AND    FRANKLIN. 


Now  every  effort  of  (General  Scliofield  and  liis  jjenerals  of  ])ii- 
gade  and  division,  was  put  forth  to  uet  tlieir  men  into  middle 
Tennessee,  before  Hood  and  his  army  sliould  march  on  and  take 
Nashville.  On  the  evenin<i^  of  November  third,  we  reached  Dal- 
ton,  and  found  the  town  deserted  by  nearly  the  entire  population. 
Tlie  next  morning  found  not  a  single  unoccupied  house,  barn, 
shed  or  well-curb  standing-.  All  had  been  torn  down  and  con- 
signed to  the  flames.  On  the  morning  of  November  fifth,  we 
took  transportation  in  fi  eight  cars  for  Nashville,  where  we  arrived 
November  seventh,  after  dark.  Here  we  lay  by  to  take  part  in 
the  Presidential  election  next  day.  When  the  polls  were  closed 
and  the  votes  counted,  it  was  found  that  in  the  104th  Abraham 
Lincoln  had  received  three  hundred  and  thirt\-  xotes.  and  (leneral 
George  B.  McClellan,  thirteen.  Probablv  more  than  half  were 
cast  by  men  who  had  never  voted  before.  That  night  we  were 
taken  to  Springhill,  where  we  went  into  camj)  in  a  fine  open  forest 
of  gigantic  beech,  elm  and  ash,  the  first  of  an\-  of  these  trees  that 
we  had  seen  south  of  the  Ohio.  On  the  thirteenth  we  mat  ched  to 
Columbia,  on  the  Duck  river,  thence  by  Linnville  to  Pulaski,  near 
the  south  line  of  the  State,  where  we  went  into  camp  to  be  ready 
to  march  in  any  direction  in  case  Hood  should  crt)ss  the  Tennessee 
for  Nashville  or  Chattanooga.  On  the  twentv-fourth  we  began  to 
fall  back,  going  as  far  as  Linn\  ille,  where  we  remained  until 
morning,  when  we  were  called  up  before  dav  and  started  of  in 
quick  time  which  we  kept  up  to  within  two  miles  of  Columbia, 
when  we  were  ordered  to  the  double  quick.  The  sound  of  heavy 
cannonading  to  the  north-west  saluted  our  ears,  and  on  emerging 
from  the  woods,  about  a  mile  south  of  t<)\\n,  we  were  amazed  to 
see  Hood's  armv  oft' to  the  left  not  more  than  a  mile,  filing  away 
from  the  Mt.  Pleasant  road  bv  which  thev  had  come  and  advan- 
cing on  the  town,  and  on  a  strong  earthwork,  on  which  were 
mounted   about    a  dozen    cannons    with  a    light    infantr\    support. 


58 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


The  earthwork  overlooked  the  town  from  its  situation  on  the 
hi<^hest  hill  in  the  neighborhood.  The  "Johnnies"  were  charging 
on  this  work  when  we  came  in  sight.  It  was  a  desperate  assault, 
but  the  brave  "  Yanks"  inside  gave  them  such  a  warm  reception 
that  they  relinquished  the  attempt  to  take  the  fort  and  retired  to 
the  cover  of  a  low  ridge. 

Now  thev  began  to  move  on  the  town,  and  it  became  a  race 
for  life  with  us  to  get  there  and  into  position  before  them.  We 
succeeded,  and  soon  had  our  line  stretched  from  the  river  to  the 
woods,  covering  the  road  on  which  our  trains  were  following  us 
in.  Here  we  stood  in  line  of  battle,  with  the  looth  Ohio  to  the 
front  as  skirmishers,  till  night,  when  our  trains  having  come  in. 
we  drew  the  left  line  back  so  as  to  enclose  the  city,  and  here 
spent  the  night  fortifying.  Next  morning  the  rebels  extended 
their  line  around  us  to  the  river,  above  where  Lee's  rebel  corps 
subsequentlv  crossed,  and  marched  north,  one  division  going  in 
the  direction  of  Springhill,  on  our  line  of  retreat,  the  remainder 
towards  Murfreesboro.  Early  in  the  morning  of  the  twenty-fifth, 
the  rebels  made  an  attack  on  our  skirmish  line,  but  were  repulsed. 
Several  similar  attempts  were  made  during  the  day,  with  like  re- 
sults. Their  artillery  plied  us  with  shot  and  shell  all  day,  but  did 
little  damage.  On  the  twenty-eighth  at  daylight,  the  3d  division 
W'as  withdrawn  across  the  river,  where  we  formed  a  new  and 
shorter  line  which  we  fortified  with  breastworks.  Our  brigade 
was  placed  in  the  center  of  the  line  within  range  of  the  fort  on 
the  hill,  which  had  now  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 
This  was  on  the  twenty-eighth.  Next  morning  the  rebels  began 
to  lay  pontoons  across  the  river  in  our  front,  and  though  several 
times  driven  from  their  work  by  our  skirmishers,  finally  laid  it, 
and  a  brigade  crossed  over.  About  the  middle  of  the  afternoon, 
having  been  heavily  reinforced,  the}^  advanced  in  line  of  battle  on 
the  west  side  of  the  road,  made  an  assault  on  the  line  of  our  bri- 
gade, but  were  repulsed  with  heavy  loss.  Our  loss  was  compara- 
tively light,  the  104th  losing  five  killed  and  seven  wounded. 
Just  at  dusk  the  i6th  Kentucky  was  sent  out  to  make  a  feint  on 
the  enemy,  which  was  effectual  in  driving  in  the  enemy's  pickets 
and  inducing  the  belief  that  we  were  getting  ready  to  fight  them 
there.  This  gallant  charge  of  the  i6th  resulted  in  considerable 
loss  to  the  regiment,  including  their  intrepid  Colonel,  S.  D. 
White,  who  was  wounded  in  the  face.  Leaving  our  campfires 
brighth   burning,  we  filed  oft' through  the   woods   and    were  soon 


10 If  TH  REGIMEN T.  cq 

following  the  rciiiaiiulcr  of  the  army  in  full  ictrcat  towards  Nash- 
ville. After  a  rapid  march  of  fourteen  miles,  we  were  halted  in 
the  woods,  when  aides-de-camp  came  along  witli  orders  that  we 
should  transfer  our  canteens  to  the  other  side  from  our  havonets. 
that  not  a  word  should  he  spoken  al)o\  e  a  whis])er,  and  that  in 
marching  we  should  mo\e  as  carefulK  and  noiselessly  as  if  our 
li\es  depended  on  the  utmost  silence.  We  soon  found  that  such 
was  the  case.  On  emerging  into  the  clearings,  scnith  of  Sjiring- 
liill,  we  were  astonished  to  tind  ourselves  inarching  right  past  an 
immense  cam]),  while  the  road  we  were  traveling  was  in  utter 
darkness,  crowded  with  our  trains,  aiul  held  hy  a  handful  of 
skirmishers  and  a  few  ])ieces  of  artiller\' against  the  forces  camped 
on  the  ridge,  less  than  a  cjuarter  of  a  mile  to  the  east,  whom  we 
had  taken  to  be  our  own  men,  till  undeceived  by  our  fellows  hold- 
ing the  road.  I'hese  proved  to  be  battery  A  ist  O.  \ .  L.  A.,  sup- 
ported bv  a  small  detachment  including  our  103d.  Thev  had 
been  attacked  by  Lee's  men  about  noon  of  the  dav  before,  and 
liad  held  their  ground  so  stubbornly  that  the  rebels  had  left  them 
in  possession  of  the  road,  on  which  the  very  troops  the  rebels 
were  sent  there  to  intercept,  were  now  stealing  by  in  their  mid- 
night retreat  from  Columbia.  The  wind  was  in  our  favor,  so  that 
.  they  never  heard  us  as  we  passed  by,  or  itever  suspected  that  we 
'  were  escaping  out  of  the  lion's  mouth  by  crossing  in  front  of  his 
very  nose.  Eighteen  miles  more  brought  us  to  Franklin,  where 
we^filed  oft' east  of  the  road  to  a  large,  old  fashioned  cotton  gin. 
Each  man  loaded  himself  with  raw  cotton  on  which  he  slept  until 
the  autumn  sun  aroused  us  to  scenes  of  labor  and  carnage  such  as 
we  had  never  seen. 

Bright  and  beautiful  rose  the  sun  on  that  last  clay  of  November, 
1864,  and  found  the  boys  sleeping  heavily,  from  the  exhausting 
vigils  of  a  sleepless  week,  and  the  hard  marching  of  the  night  be- 
fore. We  were  aroused  from  our  slumbers  soon  after  sunrise,  and 
after  snatching  a  hasty  breakfast,  we  took  a  position  a  little  to  the 
rear  and  began  to  fortify.  Our  mainline  formed  one  end  and  one 
side  of  an  irregular  triangle,  enclosing  the  town  of  Franklin  on  the 
west  and  south,  and  reaching  the  Harpeth  river  above  and  l^elow. 
West  of  town,  the  right  of  the  line  was  held  by  the  ist  division  of 
f^e  4th  Corps,  while  the  23d  occupied  the  center  and  left  on  the 
southwest  and  south.  The  extreme  left  from  the  river,  west 
across  the  Lewisburg  pike,  was  held  by  Casement's  2d  brigade. 
Next  came  our  brigade  extending  west  to  the  Columbia  pike  and 


6o  HISTORY  OF  THE 

centering  around  the  old  cotton  gin.  West  of  the  Columbia  pike 
the  center  was  held  by  our  2d  division.  South  of  this  line  the 
ground  sloped  awav  gradually  southward  for,  perhaps,  half  a 
mile,  then,  with  slight  undulations,  rose  to  a  low  lidge,  covered 
with  timber,  some  two  miles  off.  A  quarter  of  a  mile  in  our  front 
lav  the  2d  and  3d  brigades  of  Waggoner's  division  of  the  4th 
Corps,  most  of  whom  were  new  recruits,  never  before  under  rtre^ 
while  Colonel  Opdyke,  with  his  famous  Ohio  brigade,  was  placed 
in  reserve  behind  the  center.  As  the  rifled  guns  of  battery  D  and  the 
15th  independent  battery  unfitted  them  for  work  at  close  quarters, 
thev  were  retired  to  the  heights  north  of  the  river,  and  their  places 
in  the  3d  division  were  filled  by  Bradley's  6th  Ohio  and  the  ist 
Kentucky  batteries,  the  latter  on  the  Columbia  pike,  the  Buckeyes 
at  intervals  along  the  line,  east  of  the  cotton  gin,  occupied  by  the 
104th. 

We  to(jk  all  the  rails  we  could  find  and  with  them  built  a  low- 
post  and  rail  fence,  <nitside  of  which  we  threw  up  an  eml)ank- 
ment  deep  and  strong  enough  to  protect  us  from  the  rebel  shot 
and  shell,  with  salient  angles  for  cross  firing  and  embrasures  for 
the  artillerv.  This  was  finished  by  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
when  the  boys,  too  tired  to  get  dinner,  lay  down  behind  their 
new"  made  works  and  lunched  on  crackers  and  raw  bacon.  For 
half  an  hour  we  rested,  when  brisk  firing  in  front  admonished  us 
that  we  were  not  alone;  and  soon  pell  mell  back  the  cavalry  came, 
past  the  outer  line,  past  the  main  line,  through  town,  across  the 
river.  Through  the  woods  came  the  rebel  column,  and  filing  oft" 
to  the  right  and  left  in  plain  view  they  presented  one  of  the 
grandest  pageants  we  had  ever  beheld  as  regiments,  brigades 
and  divisions  marched  out  and  formed  in  line,  with  colors  flying, 
to  the  blare  of  trumpet  and  the  rattle  of  drum,  with  all  the  pomp 
and  circumstance  of  glorious  war.  Meanwhile  a  continual  rattle 
of  inusketry  was  kept  up  from  our  skirmish  line,  while  ever  and 
anon  a  shell  from  battery  D,  on  the  hill  noi^th  of  us,  whizzed  over 
our  heads  past  our  skirmishers  into  the  forming  rebel  lines,  wherein 
great  gaps  were  opened  by  the  death  dealing  fragments  of  burst- 
ing shell,  but  which  were  promptly  closed.  For  an  hour  the  ever 
increasing  rebel  host  filed  ofl'  from  the  road  east  and  west  till  by 
three  o'clock  their  line,  in  three  solid  columns,  backed  by  numer- 
ous strong  batteries,  reached  from  the  Lewisburg  pike,  for  a  mile  or 
more,  to  the  woods  west  of  the  Columbia  pike.  Now  their  artil- 
lery opened  all  along  the  line,  and  for  a  few  minutes  a  perfect  hail 


104TH  REGIME  XT.  6l 

of  shells  stormed  arouiul  us  in  our  breastworks  and  shrieked  over 
our  heatls  into  the  town,  resultinjjf,  however,  in  hut  little  1<jss  of 
life.  At  half  past  three  the  entire  rehel  infantry  advanced  down 
the  slope  to  the  char<i^e.  Our  skirmishers  held  uu  till  ohlii^ed  to 
fall  back,  when  they  forme<l  in  line  with  Wa<;<;oner"s  outlvin*'-  di- 
vision, who  stood  l)ra\ely  at  hay  till  overwhelmed  In"  superior 
luimhers.  when  the\'  heat  a  hasty  retreat,  with  the  rehel  column 
howling  at  their  heels.  How  grandly,  how  swiftlv,  thev  swept 
up  that  beautiful  slope,  after  tlM3  flying  fugitives  in  their  break- 
neck race,  and  so  close  upon  their  heels,  that  bv  the  time  our  bovs 
were  climbing  the  breastworks  of  our  main  line,  manv  of  the 
••Johnnies"  were  there  with  them.  All  this  time  not  a  gun  had 
been  fired  from  oiu"  line,  but  now,  as  soon  as  our  bovs  had  o-ained 
the  cover  of  the  works,  we  opened  all  along  the  line  of  attack 
with  the  shock  of  an  eartluiuake.  As  our  outK  ing  di\ision  came 
over  the  works  our  oihcers  ordered  them  to  fall  back  and  form 
in  the  rear. 

Some  of  our  men  of  the  looth  and  104th  who  were  between 
the  cotton  gin  and  the  Columbia  pike,  mistaking  this  order, 
fell  back  a  few  rods,  but  turned  again  and  tlrove  the  rebels  back, 
capturing  over  ele\  en  huntlred  of  the  rebel  front  line  prisoners. 
Farther  to  the  right,  on  the  pike,  the  Kentucky  battery  abandoned 
its  guns,  which  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  who  pushed  on 
through  the  gap  thus  formed  and  began  rolling  back  the  brigade 
in  confusion,  when  the  opportune  arrival  of  Colonel  Opdyke's 
brigade,  in  their  famous  counter  charge,  saved  the  day  on  that 
part  of  the  line.  Of  the  104th  only  four  companies  had  left  the 
line  under  the  mistaken  order,  and  on  these  fell  most  of  our  loss, 
except  on  the  skirmish  line.  The  old  cotton  gin  formed  the 
salient  point,  which  the  rebels  put  forth  every  effort  to  capture. 
To  the  right  of  this  lay  the  looth,  supported  bv  the  8th  Tennessee, 
to  the  left  the  104th,  with  the  two  Kentucky  regiments  supporting. 
The  center  and  the  left  of  the  104th  opened  Hre  on  the  rebels 
while  they  were  still  several  rods  in  front,  and  here  the  rebel  line 
was  already  badly  cut  up  before  thev  reached  the  works.  The 
rebel  front  line,  led  by  General,  Adams,  charged  up  to  and  began 
to  climb  the  breastwork,  only  to  be  literally  mowed  down  by  the 
terrific  fire  from  our  infantr\-  and  the  gallant  6th  Ohio  batterv. 
Brigade  after  brigade  followed,  till  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to 
tell  it,  the  six  divisions  of  Stewarts  and  Lees  rebel  corps  had 
become  enmassed  in  our  front.   onl\    to   be    torn  and    mansiled  bv 


62  HISTORY  OF  THE 

the  incessant  and  merciless  storm  of  balls  and  canister  that  we 
poured  into  their  entangled  and  helpless  ranks.  General  Adams, 
at  the  head  of  his  brave  Tennesseeans  and  Alabamans,  rode  up  on 
the  works  in  front  of  Company  C,  when  he  was  shot  off  from  his 
horse,  which  fell  on  him  in  the  ditch  in  front.  A  few  rods  in 
front  of  our  line  General  Pat  Cleburne  fell,  pierced  by  seventeen 
rifle  balls.  Finding  that  they  could  not  take  our  line,  thev  lay 
down  in  the  ditch  in  front,  where  some  of  them  crawled  to  the 
embrasures  and  began  to  shoot  down  the  gunners.  Noticing  this, 
John  Hunt,  of  Company  D,  crawled  under  one  of  the  guns,  from 
whence  he  picked  them  oft' as  soon  as  they  showed  their  heads  in 
the  embrasure.  Lieutenant  Wm.  F.  Kemble,  of  Company  C,  was 
conspicuous  for  his  bravery,  throwing  axes,  hatchets  andanvthing 
that  came  to  hand  into  the  seething  ma'ss  of  rebels  in  front,  till  a 
rebel  bullet  laid  him  cold  in  death.  "Remember  Utoy  Creek"  was 
our  battle  cry  on  that  eventful  day,  and  well  did  the  men  of  the  ist 
brigade  avenge  themselves  on  their  enemies.  For  half  an  hour 
we  kept  up  this  terrible  ftre,  much  of  the  time  amid  smoke  so 
dense  that  we  could  distinguish  nothing  at  the  distance  of  a  rod. 

Finally  came  the  order  to  cease  firing,  and  down  the  line 
came  Colonel  Sterl,  in  an  ecstacy  of  delight,  in  his  hands 
a  rebel  division  flag  with  which  he  mopped  the  muddy 
ground  in  his  excitement,  crving  out,  ''We've  whipped  'em, 
hurrah,  we've  whipped  'em."  The  smoke  had  lifted  but 
little  when  we  could  see  rags  stuck  upon  bayonets  from 
the  ditch  in  front,  and  could  hear  them  calling  out,  "For  God's 
sake,  don't  shoot,  and  we'll  give  up  and  come  in."  Of  these  over 
a  thousand  were  captured  by  our  brigade,  of  whom  two  hun- 
dred survivors  of  the  i6th  Alabama,  and  as  many  more  of  other 
commands,  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  104th,  as  well  as  eleven  rebel 
battle  flags.  But  it  was  not  b}-  any  means  a  bloodless  victory  for 
us.  The  104th  had  sixty  killed  and  wounded,  besides,  perhaps, 
a  dozen  of  our  skirmishers  taken  prisoners.  Captain  D.  D. 
Bard,  of  Company  I,  in  charge  of  the  skirmish  line,  was  mortally 
wounded,  and  fell  into  the  rebels'  hands,  where  he  died  four  days 
later.  Orderly  Sergeant  I.  Zeigler,  and  Sergeants  John  Evans  and 
Wallace  were  killed  while  defending  the  works,  and  also  Lieu- 
tenant Coughlin,  of  General  Cox's  staft',  while  Captain  Tracy, 
Lieutenant  S.  S.  Cope,  and  Sergeant  Major  Ellison  were  wound- 
ed. The  total  loss  to  the  imion  forces  amounted  to  about  six 
hundred,  while  more  than  six  thousand  of  the  flower  of  the  rebel 


lO^TIl  REGIMENT.  6^ 

army  lay  dead  and  dying  in  our  front.  Just  at  dusk  the  104th  was 
ordered  to  make  a  reconnoisance  in  front  of  the  lines.  Clamher- 
nig  over  the  works  we  formed  in  line  outside  and  moved  on  our 
slow  and  tedious  way  along  the  ground  over  which  the  rebels 
came  in  their  headlong  charge.  The  sights  and  sounds  which 
greeted  us  as  we  grouped  along  were  enough  to  shock  a  heart  of 
stone.  Along  the  front  of  our  line  the  dead  and  dying  la\-  piled 
up  promiscuously  in  the  ditch,  sometimes  eight  feet  deep,  while  as 
we  passed  over  the  ground  we  were  often  obligetl  to  pick  our 
way  most  carefully  along,  to  avoid  tramping  on  the  bodies  with 
which  the  grOund  was  strewn.  On  every  hand  the  wounded 
men  would  cry  for  merc\':  "O,  for  (jod's  sake,  give  me  water." 
"Don't  kill  me  for  Gods  sake,"  as  though  thev  thought  we  might 
lie  brutal  enough  to  harm  a  dying  man.  We  found  no  enemv  in 
front  except  these  fallen  ones,  so  we  returned  to  our  place  on  the 
line.  Shortly  after  this  the  roar  of  artillery  and  the  rattle  of 
musketry  oil'  to  the  right  showed  that  the  rebels  still  meant  fight, 
and  between  dark  and  ten  o'clock  that  night  they  made  three 
separate  assaults  on  (Jcneral  Nathan  Kimball's  division  of  the  4th 
Corps,  l)ut  were  repulsed  each  time  with  considerable  loss.  Each 
charge  became  weaker  than  the  one  before,  till  after  their  third 
attempt,  they  ^-axq  up  their  eflbrts  to  take  our  line.  By  this  time 
our  trains  were  all  safely  across  the  river,  so  now  we  began  to 
withdraw  across  the  bridge,  which  Reillv  s  brigade  accomplished 
about  eleven  o'clock.  Here  we  found  a  battery  posted  readv  to 
sweep  the  bridge  with  canister  while  our  own  Batterv  D  was 
posted  so  as'  to  shell  the  bridge  and  the  street  beyond.  Here  we 
lay  till  past  midnight.  The  last  of  our  forces  crossed  over,  then 
the  skirmishers,  who  were  followed  closely  by  the  rebel  skirmish 
line  till  a  few  shells  admonished  them  to  halt.  Setting  fire  to  the 
bridge,  we  waited  till  it  l)urned  so  as  to  be  useless,  then  withdraw- 
ing, in  the  midnight  gloom,  we  left  the  lion-hearted  rebel  chieftain 
with  his  dead.  Few  battles  have  been  fought,  in  either  ancient  or 
modern  times,  between  forces  of  such  unequal  numbers;  and  none 
in  which  the  weaker  partv  have  held  their  ground  with  more  de- 
termined braxery  or  more  complete  success.  Nearly  the  whole  of 
Hood's  more  than  fift\  thousand  veterans,  were  brought  into  action, 
and  here  in  the  midst  of  their  homes  and  firesides,  hoping  to  rid 
the  country  of  their  foes,  those  Kentuckians,  Tennessecans,  Mis- 
sourians,  and  Alabamans  fought  with  a  desperation  that  bordered 
i>n  despair.      No   less    desperate    was  the    defense    bv    Schofield's 


64 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


little  handful  of  less  than  seven  thousand,  who,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  Kentucky  Battery,  fought  as  though  their  lives  de- 
pended upon  it.  Yet,  in  all  this  tremendous  and  heroic  work  by  all 
engaged,  the  laurel  crown  of  success  can  never  be  taken  from 
Reillv's  Brigade  of  Cox's  Division,  who,  in  that  terrible  half 
hour,  laid  out  over  three  thousand  of  the  enemy,  dead  and  wound- 
ed, and  captured  over  eleven  hundred  prisoners,  with  twenty-two 
of  the  enemy's  flags.  Of  these  one  was  captured  by  the  ii3th 
Illinois;  the  8th  Tennessee  also  took  one;  the  i3th  and  i6th  Ken- 
tucky each  two;  the  looth  Ohio  five;  the  104th  Ohio  eleven,  a 
number  which  has  never  been  exceeded  in  one  day  by  any  single 
rco'iment  in  the  historv  of  wars. 


ID.'iTH  RE<,lMi:.\  r 


(^s 


WILLIAM    I'.   KF.MI5LE. 
First  Lieutenant,  Com f any  C.     Kilted  at  Fianklin.    Tenn..  No'^\  jo.   1864 


66  HIS  TOR  r  OF  THE 


CHAPTER  VII. 


NASHVILLE. 


^Vl  the  chiwn  of  cl;i\'  on  Dcccinl)cr  first.  \vc  ani\c(l  at  tlic  little 
hamlet  of  Urcntwood.  where  we  took  breakfast,  then  sought  such 
rest  as  couUl  he  found  by  sitting-  down  on  the  wet  ground  and 
leaning  back  on  our  knapsacks.  Thus  we  rested  for  an  hour  or 
two  for  the  wagon  trains  to  get  on  out  of  our  wa\  ,  then  went  on 
our  slow  and  tedious  way  to  Nashville,  where  we  arrived  about 
noon.  First  canie  the  104th,  preceded  by  the  eleven  rebel  flags 
captured  bv  them  the  day  before.  Then  the  io6th,  with  her  prize 
of  five  rebel  flags.  Then  the  eleven  hundred  prisoners  which  the 
1st  brigade  had  taken,  in  charge  of  the  112th  Illinois  as  guards, 
the  Kentuckv  and  Tennessee  regiments  bringing  up  the  rear,  each 
headed  b\  their  captured  flags.  We  made  the  wintry  air  ring 
again  with  (un^  cheers  and  shouts  of  triumph.  Ha\ing  disposed 
of  our  captiA  es  at  the  prisons  in  the  city,  we  again  marched  out 
and  occupied  a  line  of  breastwork  s  extending  eastward  from  Fort 
Neglev  to  Fort  Eustis  and  bevond.  Fort  Eusti's  being  occupied 
bv  Battery  D  with  the  104th  in  support.  Towards  evening  the 
rebels  advanced  to  within  about  two  miles  of  our  front  and  drew 
up  in  line  of  battle,  but  made  no  attack,  thus  losing  their  oppor- 
tunitv  to  crush  our  little  army  before  the  arrival  of  reinforcements. 
That  evening  the  fleet  arrived  from  St.  Louis,  bearing  General 
Andrew  J.  Smith  and  the  thirteen  thousand  veterans  of  his 
i6th  arm\-  corps,  who  were  all  disembarked  and  placed  in  our  rear 
to  be  used  whenever  needed.  During  the  next  two  days  the  boys 
were  kept  busv  strengthening  the  works  and  erecting  an  al)attis 
along  our  front,  (poles  sharpened  to  points  and  planted  to  point 
outward  at  an  angle  of  fortv-fi\  c  degrees,  to  resist  an  assault  b\- 
either  infantr\'  or  cavalr}.  )  On  the  3d,  Hood  :ulvanced.  his  line 
half  a  mile  and  began  to  f()rtit\'.  Our  batteries,  however,  annoved 
him  greath  b\'  an  incessant  cannonading  which  continued  almost 
constantlv  da\'  and  night.  The  rebels  extended  their  line  to  the 
river   below    the   cit\    and    cut  otV  and  captured  a  part  of  our  33d 


lO.'t  TH  R E GIMEN  T.  6- 

Corps,  which  w  ere  coiniiii^  up  from  West  Tennessee.  All  this 
time  General  Thomas  was  callin<^  in  his  scattered  detachments 
from  the  roads  leading;  to  Cliattanoo<;^a  and  to  the  north  of  the  river. 
till  liy  the  eighth,  he  had  in  the  cit\  a  foi^ce  nearh  e(|ual  to  that 
w  ith  which  Hood  was  la\  in_Lj  sie_<i[e  to  the  citv  on  the  south.  All 
this  time  the  weather  iiad  heen  chilly  and  disajijreeahle,  until  the 
sixth,  when  ithegan  to  rain.  The  next  day  the  rain  changed  to  sleet, 
and  for  two  days  and  nisj^hts  a  perfect  hurricane  from  the  north- 
west swept  over  the  country,  and  grew  colder  and  colder  with  its 
ever  present  complement  of  rain,  sleet  and  snow,  until  hv  the 
tenth,  the  ground  was  co\  ered  a  foot  deep  \\  ith  a  solid  coverin"" 
of  ice.  (jetting  ahout  was  impossi])le  for  an\  thing  hut  cavalry, 
and  hard  enough  for  them.  However,  (ieneral  Forrest,  at  the 
head  of  the  rebel  cavalry,  crossed  the  river  to  make  a  de^ 
structi\e  raid  into  ls.entuck\,  and  now  was  our  opp(Mlunit\'  as 
soon  as  the  weather  should  moderate.  By  the  thirteenth  the 
weather  began  to  get  warmer,  and  by  the  afternoon  of  the  four- 
teenth the  snow  had  softened  suificiently  to  make  mo\  ing  about 
possible.  ^Mong  to\yard  sundown  an  unusual  commotion  among 
the  coloied  troops  to  the  left  of  our  line  showed  that  somethino- 
Avas  to  be  done.  From  our  ele\ated  ])osition  at  Fort  Eustis,  we 
coidd  see  all  that  transpired  to  our  left  for  miles.  Forming  in  line 
of  battle.  General  Steedman  advanced  slowly  and  cautiously  for- 
ward till  he  became  quite  hotly  engaged,  then  withdrew  slowly 
bark  to  his  own  line,  closely  pursued  by  the  rebels,  who  took  the 
bait  and  charged  up  to  the  works  now  manned  by  the  retreatin<»' 
darkies,  and  Cruft's  division  of  the  20th  Corps  with  a  strong  force 
of  artillery.  The  "Johnnies'"  dashed  up  in  gallent  style,  but  re- 
ceixing  a  terrific  storm  of  bullets  and  canister,  broke  and  fled  pre- 
cipitatel}-  back  to  their  own  lines.  In  their  attack,  such  of  the 
wounded  colored  men  as  fell  into  their  hands  were  murdered  in 
cold  blood,  the  rebels  ]:)lunging  their  baxonets  through  all  who 
came  in  their  wa}-.  This  little  p;  eliminary  side  show  had  its 
desired  eflect.  That  night  Hood  strengthened  his  right  in 
Steedman's  tVont,  thus  weakening  his  left  and  center,  where 
Wood  and  Smith,  with  their  4th  and  i6th  corps,  \yere 
to  open  the  ball  in  the  morning.  I5\-  this  time  Thomas"  army 
had  been  increased  to  not  far  from  forty-five  thousand  men. 
including  Wilsons  cavalry  division,  five  thousand  strong,  while 
Hood  had  lost  about  ten  thousand  in  battle,  and  Forrest  with  five 
thousand    was    north    of  the  ri\  er,    reduciuir  his  ertective  force  to 


68  HISTORY  OF  THE 

thirtv-five  thousand,  who  were  stretched  in  a  hne  seven  miles 
longr  from  the  river  ahove  the  city  to  the  river  below.  That  night 
the  1 6th  Corps  marched  to  the  front,  forming  iipcMi  the  right  of 
the  4th,  which  moved  to  the  left  enough  to  till  up  the  gap  in  our 
front,  leaving  the  23d  Ccn'ps  in  the  rear  of  the  main  line. 

In  tlic  morning  an  almost  impenetralile  fog  hung  like  a  pall 
over  the  contending  hosts,  covering  all  our  movements  as  com- 
pletelv  as  though  it  were  midnight,  while  the  soft  south  wind  w'as 
fast  converting  the  ice  and  snow  into  slush  and  the  earth  into 
mud,  which,  with  the  help  of  the  rain  in  the  evening,  became 
almost  a  quagmire  before  night.  Soon  after  da}'  heavy  cannon- 
ading could  be  heard  down  the  river  below  towMi,  where  the  gun- 
boats were  shelling  the  rebel  left  out  of  position.  Then  came  the 
advance  of  the  4th  Corps  on  the  center,  closely  followed  bv  the 
i6th  Corps  and  the  cavalry  on  the  right  pushing  the  rebel  left 
wing  out  of  their  works  and  back  to  the  line  of  hills  south  of  the 
Hardin  pike.  About  half-past  six  in  the  morning  we  left  Fort 
Eustis,  and.  with  the  rest  of  the  corps,  went  back  through  the  citv 
and  took  the  road  down  the  river  for  a  couple  of  miles,  then  off 
through  the  ''deep  tangled  wildwood"  by  a  circuitous  route  to  the 
left  of  and  across  the  Hardin  to  the  Hillsboro  pike,  where,  about 
four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  we  got  into  position  to  the  right  and 
south  of  the  i6th  Corps  and  well  towards  the  rear  of  the  rebel 
left.  We  no  sooner  got  into  position  than  we  charged  the  lightly 
held  position,  capturing  it  with  scarcely  a  show  of  resistance,  and 
pushed  on  across  a  broad  valley  to  the  foot  of  the  Granny  White 
Hills,  the  crest  of  which  was  covered  by  the  rebel  main  line,  and 
here  we  lay  all  night  under  a  heavy,  pelting  rain,  until  the  dawn 
of  the  sixteenth  ushered  in  another  day  of  carnage  and  crushing 
defeat  to  the  now  disheartened  but  still  desperate  rebels.  Before 
day  we  were  up  and  hard  at  work  building  a  line  of  works  about 
one-third  wav  up  the  hill,  and  not  over  a  hundred  yards  from  the 
line,  where  two  batteries  of  brass  field  pieces,  eight  guns  in  all, 
kept  up  all  dav  a  perfect  hailstorm  of  shell  and  canister,  which, 
however,  did  us  little  if  any  harm.  Meantime,  our  Battery  D, 
nearly  a  mile  in  our  rear,  firing  right  over  our  heads,  did  terrible 
execution,  planting  shell  after  shell  right  where  it  was  most 
needed,  until  by  eleven  o'clock,  the  rebel  batteries  in  our  front 
were  effectually  silenced.  All  day  long  off  to  the  north  and 
north-east  we  could  see  the  clouds  of  smoke  and  hear  the  roar  of 
the  terrible  strife  that  was  going  on  in  front  of  our  left  and  center 


lOIfTH  REGIMENT. 


69 


in  their  desperate  endeavor  to  capture  the  Oxcrton  Hill,  until 
half-past  three,  when  simultaneously  came  the  sound  of  Wilsou's 
men  away  off  to  the  rear  of  the  rehel  line.  charjj;in<^  and  yellino- 
like  demons,  and  the  signal  guns  at  Thomas'  headquarters  which 
started  all  our  artillery  to  work  throwiug  siiot  and  shell,  and  the 
infantry  to  tiieir  feet  and  in  line.  The  relieis  had  all  dav  hccn 
strengthening  the  force  in  our  front,  who  at  that  \  er\  instant 
were  formed  in  line  outside  of  their  wf)rks  tor  a  charge  (jn  us. 
Imagine  their  surprise,  then,  just  as  the  order  to  ad\  ance  was  hcin"- 
given,  to  discover  the  3d  division  sweeping  up  the  hill  like  a 
whirlwind,  with  a  long,  wild  shout  of  \ictorv,  as  we  dashed  after 
and  over  the  works  with  them,  capturing  works,  guns,  and  part 
of  the  defenders;  then  turning  the  captured  guns  on  the  fugitives, 
gave  them  a  dose  of  canister  of  their  own  loading.  Then  the 
chase  liegan.  and  soon  the  rehels  were  overtaken,  Hounderin"- 
through  the  mud  which  lay  knee  deep  over  a  two  hundred  acre 
cornheld,  where,  before  darkness  set  in,  the  ist  brigade  captured 
over  thi-ee  hundred  prisoners.  In  this  last,  crusliing  charge  the 
whole  army  was  engaged  from  the  104th,  on  the  extreme  right  of 
the  infantry  line,  on  through  our  brigade.  di\ision,  corps,  through 
the  i6th  Corps,  the  4th,  and  Steedman  to  Cruft,  on  the  extreme  left, 
while  the  cavalry  were  hammering  away  at  the  rear  of  the  rebel 
line.  Of  the  fifty-three  pieces  of  artiller\-  taken  in  this  charge, 
seventeen  were  captured  by  the  23d  Corps.  Of  these  thirteen 
were  taken  by  Cox,  with  the  3d  division,  eight  by  the  ist  brigade, 
commanded  in  General  Reilly's  absence  bv  Colonel  Doolittle.  of 
the  iSth  Michigan.  Besides  the  eight  cannons,  our  brigade  cap- 
tured seven  rebel  flags  and  about  six  hundred  prisoners.  The 
prizes  of  the  104th  were  two  flags,  a  batterx  of  four  guns 
and  nearlv  two  hundred  prisoners.  vSuch  was  the  crowning  vic- 
tory of  our  military  life  obtained  at  a  loss  of  scarcelv  a  dozen 
men  in  the  brigade,  of  whom  the  104th  lost  bareh'  three  wounded. 
Pursuit  was  made  as  vigorously  as  the  mirv  roads  would  permit, 
and  by  the  night  of  the  eighteenth  of  December  we  had  almost 
completely  annihilated  Hood's  armv,  wliich  found  cover  behind 
the  Tennessee  river  in  scattered  detachments,  aggregating  not 
more  than  eighteen  thousand  men  and  four  guns  out  of  the  rtftv- 
five  thousand  lira\  e  soldiers  and  eighty-five  guns  with  which 
they  had  entered  the  State  barely  six  weeks  before. 

Earlv  on  the  dav  after  the  great  battle  we  were  on  the  (irannv 
White  pike,  following  the   defeated    and    demoralized    rebels.      It 


-JO  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

was  still  raining  hard,  the  mud  was  half-knee  deep,  and  the  pike 
worn  into  ruts  and  holes,  in  which  the  hoys  would  unconsciously 
step  and  it  often  happened  that  some  luckless  wij^ht  had  to  be 
helped  up  from  one  of  these  mortar  pits  by  his  companions,  to  be 
joked  and  jeered  at  until  another  pitched  headlono^  into  the  semi- 
fluid mass. 

The  "^^d  division  was  detailed  to  guard  and  assist  the  wagons 
on  their  wa\  after  the  remainder  of  the  pursuing  troops,  who  l)y 
night  were  scattered  all  along  the  roads  south  of  Brentwood  to 
Columbia.  There  our  cavalry  overtook  the  letrcating  rebels  and 
captured  some  thousands  of  prisoners  and  nearly  all  of  their  re- 
maining artillerv.  That  night  we  camped  on  the  north  bank  of 
the  Harpeth  at  Franklin,  having  come  seven  miles  in  one  of  the 
most. tiresome  marches  we  ever  made.  A  large  number  of  our 
boys  crossed  over  and  \isited  the  battle  field  in  search  of  the 
graves  of  our  dead  comrades.  They  were  found  at  last,  and  such 
graves!  Here  had  been  dug  trenches  six  feet  wide,  from  a  foot  to 
twenty  inches  deep,  and  long  enough  to  hold  all  of  our  dead  found 
near  by.  The  bodies  had  been  stripped  of  hats,  coats,  shoes,  and 
sometimes  even  of  their  pants  and  shirts,  and  had  been  dumped 
into  the  pit  like  so  manv  logs  in  a  corduroy  road.  The  little 
earth  which  had  been  thrown  from  the  pit  was  placed  Ixick 
on  the  bodies  so  carelessiv  that  in  most  cases  the  heads  and  feet 
had  been  uncovered  bv  the  rain,  while  only  too  many  lay  entirely 
uncovered  in  all  their  ghasth-  nakedness.  They  were  n(jw  re- 
moved and  given  a  decent.  Christian  burial,  and,sofaras  the  bodies 
could  be  identified,  provided  vvith  headboards  bearing  the  name, 
company-  and  regiment.  A  few  of  our  wounded,  too  far  gone  for 
removal,  had  thus  escaped  incarceration  in  the  prison  pen  at 
Andersonville  swamp.  Among  these  the  case  of  Colonel  Jim 
Brownlow,  of  the  ist  Tennessee  cavalry,  savored  of  romance. 
He  had  received  two  terrible  wounds  from  fragments  of  a  rebel 
shell  as  his  troopers  came  clattering  on  their  retreat  into  town. 
He  had  lain  till  the  tight  was  over,  when,  with  several  others,  all 
rebels,  he  was  taken  by  a  kind  hearted  rebel  mother  and  daughter 
to  their  home,  where  they  gave  him  as  tender  care  as  if  he  had 
been  their  rebel  son  and  brother.  The  gallant  Colonel  recovered, 
and,  after  the  '"cruel  war  was  over,"  he  became  captive  to  the 
"little  dark-eved  rebel."  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days  in 
that  Christian  home  where  he  had  been  nursed  back  to  life. 

We  went  on  t<j  Cohunbia,  where  we  halted  a  few  davs  to  rest. 


iDVni  REfWMENT.  71 

Here  Colonel  Doolittlc  left  us  and  our  Colonel  Sttil  took  com- 
mand of  the  ist  brij^ade.  (ieneral  Seiiotleld  was  now  transferred 
to  the  conunand  of  the  new  depaitinent  of  North  Carolina,  ami 
General  Reillw  havin<^  retuined  tVom  his  northern  visit.  to(jk 
command  of  the  3d  division,  (ieneial  Co\  ha\inLC  heen  ])romoted 
to  Schoheld's  place  as  cor])s  comm;'.n(ler.  Thus  we  were  situated 
on  the  new  year,  1865,  which  fell  on  Sunday.  W'c  had  dress  ])a- 
rade.  our  chaplain,  Mr.  Whitney.  ])reached  ou  the  issues  of  the  war, 
and  most  of  the  ho\  s  indulged  in  chicken  ■•li\ins.'"  ICarly  next 
morning-  we  broke  camp  and  started  on  a  march  to  the  Tennessee, 
which  we  reached  on  the  evenint^  of  the  sixth  at  Clifton,  after  a 
four  davs"  march  of  si\t\-  miles,  via  .Mt.  Pleasant  and  Waynesboro. 
Most  of  this  journcN  was  o\  ei'  a  wild,  rou^h  re*^ion  of  gravelly 
hills,  timbered  with  scrub  oak  and  mountain  jiine.  We  forded 
Beaver  Creek  thirteen  times  and  HuHalo  Ki\eronce.  The  route 
was  infested  b\  guerrillas,  Iw  w  hom  some  '>f  the  woin  (nit  strag- 
glers \\ere  murdered  in  cold  blood,  some  of  them  having  their 
throats  cut  fiom  ear  to  ear  after  ha\ing  surrendei'ed  as  priso- 
ners. 

On  the  tenth  a  detail  of  twtMity-li\e  men  of  the  i()4th.  uiuler 
Captain  Hobart  Ford  were  sent  out  about  seven  miles  to  a  log 
back-woods  chapel,  where  DeXW-ese.  and  another  of  Company  K, 
were  hidden  from  the  guerrillas  by  tiie  \  enerable  pastor.  Father 
Taylor.  On  the  wa\  out,  close  by  the  home  of  the  guerrilla  chief, 
Rhinehart.  at  a  short  turn  in  the  road,  we  suddenly  came  upon  a 
solitary  horseman,  who  wheeled  and  tired,  the  Indl  passing  through 
Dennis  Long's  hat,  making  a  slight  scalp  wound  and  throwing 
him  prostrate  to  the  ground.  The  cavalier  was  soon  out  ot  sight, 
and  within  ten  minutes  we  could  hear  the  long  drawn  blasts  of  a 
tin  horn  resounding  along  a  road  leading  otV  among  the  hills  t(j 
the  left.  We  passed  on  and  secured  our  comrades  at  the  chapel, 
then  started  on  our  return.  When  we  arri\ed  at  the  Rhinehart 
mansion,  a  half  dozen  of  the  bo\  s  charged  upon  a  flock  ol  geese, 
w-ith  intent  to  ha\e  a  feast,  when  bang,  whi/.z  came  a  volley  from 
the  bushes  on  the  crest  of  a  high  blutV  near  by.  -'Charge  'em, 
boys,^'  shouted  Captain  Ford,  and  we  w  cut  pell  mell  over  logs, 
through  brush,  across  the  creek,  and  up  tlie  blutl's  to  find  them 
thirtv  strong,  thundering  down  the  road  to  the  I'ord  of  Beech 
Creek,  where  \ve  were  obliged  to  cross.  .\l  the  ford  we  had  a 
sharp  skirmish  with  them,  then  ciossed  in  safety,  w  ith  two  ot  the 
bovs  sli<>-htl\    womided.      In  an  lioui'   more   we    were    in    l^arlville. 


73  HIST  our  OF  THE 

the  home  of  sex  cral  of  the  men  wliose  acciuaintance  we  had  )ust 
made. 

Proceeding  acct)i"(Hn^-  to  the  ^ood  old  Democratic  maxim,  "To 
the  victors  belong  the  spoils,"  we  loaded  ourselves  with  chickens, 
dead  hog,  etc.,  and  fixing  bayonets  adorned  them  with  our  plunder 
and  reported  to  General  Cox  at  Clifton.  Just  at  night  a  half  dozen 
butternut  clad  fellows  came  in  and  complained  to  the  General  that 
some  of  his  men  had  been  stealing  their  property.  A  sergeant 
from  his  body  guard  was  sent  with  them,  who  incjuired  at  each 
tent  in  turn  for  the  stolen  property  all  through  the  camp  and  re- 
ceiving only  negati\  e  replies,  reported  to  the  General  that  he 
could  find  nothing.  (General  Cox  then  dismissed  them  with  the 
consoling  remark,  "Mv  bovs  don't  steal." 

On  the  sixteenth  of  Januar\-  the  23d  Corps  embarked  on  trans- 
ports, then  steamed  dowMi  the  river,  imder  the  escort  of  the  gun- 
boat fleet,  passed  bv  Fort  Henrv.  into  the  Ohio.  The  104th  and 
i6th  Kentucky  were  on  the  Swallow,  one  of  the  largest  boats  on 
the  river.  A  great  thaw  had  resulted  in  a  general  breakup,  and 
the  ice  in  huge  cakes,  twentv  inches  thick,  crashed  and  ground 
along  the  sides  of  the  boat,  threatening  to  sink  it  at  anv  moment. 
However,  we  got  to  Cincinnati  in  safctv  and  disembarked  at  two 
in  the  afternoon  of  the  twenty-thirtl,  then  marched  to  the  freight 
depot  of  the  C.  C.  &  C.  R.  R.,  and  passed  via  Columbus,  Bellaire, 
Cumberland  and  Harper's  Ferrx'.  over  the  snow  clad  hills  of  West 
Virginia,  and  down  the  banks  of  the  Iteautiful  Potomac  to  Wash- 
ington, where  we  \vent  into  camp  on  the  capitol  grounds  on  the 
twenty-eighth  at  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  Here  some  of  the 
boys  took  the  opportunitv  to  look  over  the  Capitol  building,  even 
in  its  unfinished  state,  one  of  the  grandest  monuments  of  archi- 
tectural skill  in  the  world.  That  evening  we  were  cjuartered  in 
Stoneman's  barracks,  where  we  la\'  until  the  thirt\-first.  The 
garrison  at  Washington  at  that  tinie  consisted  of  General  Han- 
cock's hew  veteran  corps  of  new  regiments,  recruited  from  old 
soldiers,  whose  terms  of  service  had  expired.  Clad  in  brand  new 
uniforms,  and  glittering  with  lirass  ornaments,  these  "brave  men," 
with  their  noses  elevated  in  disgust,  afiected  to  despise  the  soiled 
and  ragged  "Georgia  woodticks"  as  they  deigned  to  call  us.  This 
only  lasted  until  the  Hoosiers  and  mountain  boomers,  taking  in 
the  situation,  gave  some  of  them  a  few  lessons.  On  February 
second,  the  captors  of  the  rebel  flags  taken  during  the  Nashville 
campaign,  took  their  prizes  to  present  them  to  the  President.   We 


KUTH  REdniENT. 

/,■) 

removed  aUoiit  this  time  to  Alexandria,  \\  here  we  hi\  in  <;()\  em- 
inent stables  in  lieu  of  barracks.  Here  we  remained  until  the 
evening  of  the  third,  when  w  e  endiarked  on  transj^orts.  and  that 
night  slept  on  the  bosom  of  the  historic  Potomac. 

A  dense  fog  lay  o\  er  the  river  and  its  borders  until  late  in  the 
morning,  so  that  this  city  and  shore  and  also  the  numerous  craft 
on  the  stream  wxmc  entirely  hidden  from  view.  The  looth  and 
104th  Ohio  and  the  i6th  Kentucky  occupied  the  "Star  of  the 
South,"  one  of  the  staunchest  steam  frigates  that  had  e\  er  i^loughed 
the  brin}-  ocean.  An  occasional  shot  could  be  heard  through  the 
fog  as  some  careless  fellow  discharged  his  gun  into  the  water  be- 
low. Some  of  the  looth  boys  were  still  slce))ingon  the  forecastle, 
when  one  of  those  stray  balls  glanced  up  and  jjassed  through  the 
head  of  one  of  them,  killing  him  instantly.  Thus  it  was  all  through 
the  history  of  that  brave,  but  unfortunate  regiment.  In  all  our 
camping,  whenever  overtaken  by  ill-luck  and  disaster,  the  ic)oth 
had  been  almost  in\ariablv  the  principal  sufferer. 

The  fog  lifted  sufficiently  for  us  to  see  the  shore,  so  we  set  sail 
and  were  soon  moving  down  the  ri\  er,  slowlv  though,  on  account 
of  the  immense  cakes  of  ice  wdiich  impeded  our  progress.  The 
attention  of  the  bo\s  was  called  to  the  points  of  historic  interest 
passed  on  the  wa}-,  Mt.  Vernon.  St.  Marys,  first  settlement  f)f 
Maryland,  Washington's  birth  place,  and  Point  Lookout,  famous 
in  the  annals  of  Captain  John  vSmith's  adventures,  now  the  site  of 
hea\  y  fortifications.  At  the  last  named  jDlace  we  la\-  until  nujrn- 
ing.  when  we  resumed  the  journev  down  the  Chesapeake  to 
Hampton  Roads  at  the  mouth  of  the  James,  where  we  anchored 
for  the  night  within  a  stone's  thro\v  of  the  Rip  Raps,  and  almost 
on  the  ver\'  waters  where,  in  "61,  the  giant  iron  clad  \'irginia  had 
sunk  the  Cimiberland  and  destroved  the  I'nion  fieet.  and  where, 
a  few  days  later,  the  rebel  monster  had  herself  been  brought  to 
grief  bv  Ericson's  little  moniter.  Before  da\-break  next  da\  we 
again  set  sail,  and  at  six  o'clock  in  the  morning  we  passed  the 
capes  of  \'irginia,  from  the  green  waters  of  the  Chesapeake  to  the 
deep  and  dark  blue  of  the  ocean.  This  proved  a  novel  trip  for  the 
bovs.  few  of  whom  had  ever  seen  the  sea.  We  watched  with  in- 
tense interest  the  distant  banks  of  pure  white  sand  which  stretched 
along  the  North  Carolina  shore,  a  desert  waste,  devoid  of  tree, 
shrub.  Rower,  grass  or  an\'  li\ing  thing,  save  the  mvriads  of  gulls, 
which  Hew  screaming  overhead,  and  the  lizards  which  made  their 
home  (,)n  this  otherwise  dead  and  drearv  waste.      Still    more  inter- 


74 


HIS  TORT  OF  THE 


esting  were  the  various  forms  of  marine  life,  the  variety  of  gaudy 
fishes,  fat  vellow  crabs,  star  fish,  great  sea  tortoise,  and  the  antics 
of  a  hirge  school  of  fat,  sleek  pc^rpoises,  whicii  came  tumbling  and 
sporting  in  our   wake. 


CHAPTER   VIII. 


IN    THE    I-AND    OF    TAR. 


Just  before  night  we  passed  Cape  Ilatteras.  For  two  hours 
the  sky  had  been  overcast,  the  wind  came  moaning  through  the 
rigging,  from  which,  before  night,  all  sail  had  been  furled,  and 
now  we  were  to  be  treated  with  a  first-class  ocean  storm.  The 
timbers  groaned  and  creaked  under  the  pressure  of  the  wind 
above,  and  the  pounding  of  the  waves  beneath  which  dashed 
against,  and  sometimes  broke  over  the  bows  and  swept  the  deck. 
It  was  a  night  of  intense  suflTering  among  the  boys  who,  all  unac- 
customed to  "a  life  on  the  ocean  wave,"  were  experiencing  sea 
sickness  to  a  great  degree.  Judson  Smith  came  near  dying,  and 
had  not  entirely  recovered  from  its  cfiects  when  we  mustered  out 
five  months  afterwards.  Next  morning  the  wind  continued  as 
severe  as  ever,  but  had  veered  to  the  west,  so  the  fleet  made  all 
haste  to  the  shore,  under  the  lee  (^f  which  we  sailed  along  south- 
westward  until  at  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  we  dropped  an- 
chor opposite  Battery  Buchanan  at  the  entrance  to  Cape  Fear 
river.  Here  we  lay  until  the  morning  of  the  ninth  of  February, 
when  we  landed  near  Battery  Buchanan  and  marched  half  a  mile 
north  and  camped  in  the  rear  of  Fort  Fisher.  This  powerful  fort 
had  been  captured  bv  General  Terry  with  about  seven  thousand 
troops,  assisted  bv  Admiral  Porter's  fleet.on  the  fifteenth  of  January, 
1S65.  With  it  were  captured  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  pieces 
of  artillery,  over  two  thousand  stand  of  arms,  and  an  abundance 
(jf  ammunition  and  military  stores.  Among  the  trophies  wei-e  two 
immense  Armstrong  guns,  each  finished  in  the  highest  style,  and 
adorned  with  a  silver  plate  bearing  the  inscription,  "This  piece 
was  built  at  Armstrong's  Armory  at  Woolwich,  and  presented  to 
his  excellencv,  Jefierson  Davis,  President  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America,"   with  a  list  of  the  donors,  among  which  were 


10/tTH  REdlMENT.  y^ 

the  iKiincs  of    mam   ot"  the  most  prominent  men  in  Oieat  l^ritain. 

Ahoiit  tour  miles  up  the  peninsuhi,  (ieneral  Terry,  with  his  24th 
Corps,  liekl  a  Hue  reaciiin^^  across  from  the  river  to  Myrtle  souml. 
The  rebel  arm\  ,  under  ( ieiietal  Hoke,  held  a  parallel  line  perhajjs 
a  mile  farther  nortii.  ()nthe  nij^ht  of  the  twelfth  of  Februar\-, 
we  were  niaiehed  up  the  coast  twelve  miles  alon<;  tliis  narrow 
strip  \\  ith  the  ocean  on  oui"  rit^ht  and  Myrtle  sound  on  our  left, 
often  not  more  than  a  dozen  lods  apart.  About  eleven  o'clock  at 
ni<);ht  we  arri\ed  at  the  narrow  strait  connectinj^  Myrtle  and 
Masonl)or()  sounds.  We  halted  to  allow  the  enj^ineers  to  Hnish 
a  pontoon  biid^e  acioss  the  strait,  just  then  a  hi<jh  north-east 
wind  spruni;-  up  and  increased  to  a  j^ale.  w  hich  threatened  to 
swamp  the  boats.  vSo,  loosin<;^  them  from  their  moorin<^,  they 
were  swimi;-  around  to  the  beach,  loaded  on  the  w  a'^ons,  and  we 
marched  back  to  camp,  where  we  arri\  ed  just  before  day.  The 
nii^ht  of  the  fourteenth  we  tried  it  a^ain.  but  this  time  we  w  ere 
discovered  b\-  the  rebels,  who  hastilly  put  up  a  battery  and 
opened  hre  as  soon  as  our  ])()ntoons  w  ere  placed.  The  project 
was  attain  abandoned  and  we  returned  to  camp.  Early  on  the 
sixteenth  we  were  in  motion,  this  lime  towards  Battery  Buchanan, 
w  here  we  embarked  on  the  lij^ht  steamer  Wilderness,  and  were 
transported  south  ei<<ht  miles  to  vSmithville,  wiiere  we  landed. 
During  the  dav  we  were  followed  by  the  remainder  of  our  divi- 
sion and  the  Z(\  di\ision  also,  commanded  by  General  Couch,  from 
the  Potomac  arm\ .  Next  da\-  we  marched  about  twelve  miles, 
skirmishino-  most  of  the  way  with  rebel  caNalry.  who  impeded 
our  way  In-  throwing  trees  across  the  road  and  in  \arious  other 
ways. 

On  the  eighteenth  the  2d  division  moved  north  up  the  river 
towards  Fort  Anderson,  where  they  became  engaged  in  the  after- 
noon. The  3d  division  filed  off  on  a  by-road  towards  the  road 
from  Onslow  Court  House  to  Wilmington.  About  two  in  the  after- 
noon, a  shot  from  a  battery  across  a  cypress  swamp,  through 
which  we  had  to  pass,  brought  us  to  a  sudden  halt.  The  104th 
being  in  advance,  companies  A,  D,  I  and  E  were  detailed  for 
skirmishers.  The  swamp  was  in  many  places  impassable,  so  we 
made  slow  and  tedious  progress  in  crossing,  but  we  did  it  in  the 
face  of  two  pieces  of  artillery  and  a  battalion  of  cavalry  who  kept 
up  a  galling  fire  until  we  came  to  the  open  ground  when  they 
took  to  their  heels  and  retreated  towards  Wilmington.  In  this 
charge  across  the  cvpress  swamp,  we  had  killed  Jno.    Hammond. 


e 


76  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

of  Company  E;  wounded,  Lieutenant  Horace  Reed.  Orderly  Ser 
geant  C.  E.  Whitney,  and  Adam  Weaver,  of  Company  I,  and  Ser 
geant  F.  M.  Martin,  of  Company  A.  While  waiting  for  the  re 
mainder  of  the  hovs  to  cross  the  corduroy  causeway  across  th 
swam}),  we  noticed  quite  a  force  coming  up  the  road  to  the  south, 
which  we  took  to  he  rehels,  and  formed  a  skirmish  line  to  receive 
them.  They  also  formed  in  line  of  hattle,  and  sending  their  skir- 
mishers forward,  advanced  to  the  attack,  and  we  would  prohahly 
have  heen  hoth  engaged  in  a  few  minutes  had  not  some  of  our 
men  discovered  that  thev  bore  the  Union  flag  and  wore  the  blue. 
A  small  detail  carried  to  them  tidings  of  who  we  were.  It  was  an 
escape  from  what  might  have  proved  a  fearfully  fatal  mistake. 
They  proved  to  be  a  part  of  Terry's  force  who  had  been  sent  here 
speciallv  to  flank  the  "Johnnies'"  out  of  their  position,  so  that  we 
might  get  across  without  a  fight,  but  they  arrived  too  late.  That 
evening  we  got  into  position  in  the  rear  of  Fort  Anderson,  and 
spent  most  of  the  night  fortifying  our  position.  Next  morning 
we  were  in  line  early,  and  soon  the  cheers  of  the  2d  division  were 
wafted  to  our  ears  as  they  charged  up  to  and  over  the  fort,  only 
to  find  it  deserted  by  its  garrison,  who,  taking  fright,  had  skipped 
up  the  river  during  the  night,  leaving  the-  fort  with  ten  heavy 
guns  and  considerable  ordnance  stores.  Ames,  with  his  division, 
now  crossed  back  to  their  comrades  east  of  the  river,while  Cox  with 
Couch's  and  Reillv's  divisions  moved  north  up  the  west  side  of  the 
river.  On  the  twentieth,  about  noon,  we  came  to  Town  Creek, 
one  of  the  many  deep,  sluggish  streams  common  to  the  country, 
and  bordered  on  either  bank  for  considerable  distance  by  exten- 
sive rice  swamps,  with  immense  stacks  of  snowy  grain  still  un- 
threshed.  Several  scows  were  moored  in  the  stream,  of  which 
we  secured  a  couple,  and  were  soon  ferried  across,  in  the  face  of 
a  strong  skirmish  line.  Our  skirmishers  were  soon  in  line  and  in 
motion,  and  after  advancing  in  line  of  battle  down  toward  the 
river,  some  three  miles,  we  found  the  enemy  strongly  posted  be- 
hind breastworks  at  the  crest  of  a  long  slope  in  open  pine  woods. 
Our  brigade,  in  command  of  Colonel  Sterl,  advanced  to  the  charge, 
and  in  five  minutes  Haygood's  brigade  of  seven  hundred  South 
Carolinains,  with  a  battery  of  four  guns,  was  in  our  hands.  The 
104th  captured  on  this  occasion  two  brass  howitzers,  three  battle 
flags  and  over  two  hundred  prisoners,  including  a  brigadier  gen- 
eral and  two  colonels.  We  lost  in  this  engagement  Albert 
Schultz,  of  Companv   H,  killed,  and  seven  wounded,  with    seven 


lOJfTH  REGTMENT. 


I  I 


wouiuled  from  Company  C,  and  C  C  Cross,  of  Company  K,  and 
three  from  Company  (j.  Next  day  we  were  detained  several 
liours  to  build  a  bridj^e:  still  we  reached  a  point  two  miles  west 
of  Wilmington  where  we  went  into  camp  on  a  <^reat  rice  phmta- 
tion.  Here  we  had  ample  opportunity  to  l)ehold  the  effects  of 
the  "barbarism  of  slavery"  in  its  most  loathsome  toiin.  Some 
two  hundred  colored  brothers  and  sisters  were  stowed  away  in  a 
half  dozen  little  lo^- cabins,  many  of  the  half-^rown  children  as 
naked  as  when  thev  were  born,  and  all  dressed  in  the  filthiest  of 
cotton  raus.  Great  scars,  many  inches  lonj^,  across  the  backs  of 
tJiese  poor.  despitefull\-used  people  showed  where  the  plantation 
whip  had  cut  deep  into  the  c|ui\  erinti;  tlesh.  \'()un<^  <^iants  of  men 
hobbled  about,  suflering  intensel}  from  wcjunds  where  they  had 
been  mangled  and  torn  by  the  fierce  blood-hounds,  and  hacked, 
cut  and  beaten.  b\  fiends  of  hell  in  the  form  of  men.  Le^jree,  the 
monster  of  "Uncle  Tom"s  Cabin, ""  could  never  have  used  any 
more  fiendish  methods  of  torture  than  had  evidently  been  in  con- 
stant use  on  that  })lantation.  According;  to  all  the  testimony  that 
we  could  get,  this  place  and  its  master  were  a  worthy  type  of 
most  of  the  plantations  and  masters  throughout  the  rice  fields  of 
the  Carolinas  and  Gecjrgia. 

On  the  twentv-first.  Fort  French,  just  below  Wilmington,  east 
of  the  river,  was  captured  by  the  combined  eftorts  of  the  fleet  antl 
Terry's  men,  and  at  dayhght  the  next  morning,  as  the  fleet  was 
delivering  the  national  salute,  slowly  steaming  up  to  the  city,  we 
marched  across  the  long  causeway  through  the  great  swamp  west 
of  town,  and  across  the  bridge  into  Wilmington,  where  we  found 
an  immense  amount  of  public  property  on  fire.  Terry's  soldiers, 
who  came  in  it  the  same  time  from  the  east,  helped  us  extinguish 
it.  after  which  soldiers  and  citizens,  white  and  colored,  all  turned 
in  and  celebrated  Washington's  birthday,  and  the  capture  of  the 
last  seaport  of  the  Confederacy. 

We  had  been  in  town  only  an  hour  or  two  when  the  104th,  in 
company  with  the  i6th  Kentucky,  were  detailed  as  provost 
guards,  with  our  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jordan  as  provost  marshal. 
Colonel  Sterl  became  post  commander,  with  the  remainder  of  the 
brio-ade  as  garrison.  Next  morning,  the  remainder  of  the  army 
passed  up  the  country  in  pursuit  of  Bragg's  army,  which  was  re- 
treating to  Fayetteville.  Sherman's  victorious  legions  were  at  the 
time  spreading  dismay  and  consternation  throughout  the  Caro- 
linas.    As   his   victorious   legions   came    sweeping    northward    on 


yS  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

their  triuniphant  march  from  Savannah,  and  the  rebels  were  nearly 
wild  with  despair,  the  Union  prisoners  in  their  hands  had  been 
shipped  from  Florence,  S.  C,  and  other  rebel  prisons,  and  had 
reached  Wilmington,  when  our  successes  obliged  Bragg's  army  to 
retreat,  and  either  leave  these  prisoners,  to  be  rescued  by  us,  or 
take  them  along  with  them  on  their  rcticat.  These  poor  prisoners 
had  alread\'  suflered  from  starvation  and  exposure  to  the  cold,  till 
most  of  them  were  emaciated  into  li\ing  skeletons,  and  there  were 
many  with  toes,  and  even  whole  feet  and  hands  sloughed  oft'.  Of 
these  some  four  hundred  were  tumbled  into  wagons,  without 
l^lankets  or  even  straw  to  lie  on.  Thus  they  were  driven  out  of 
town,  on  the  worst  of  corduroy  roads,  and  galloped  oft' to  get  them 
out  of  the  reach  of  rescue.  The  citizens  who  had  remained  in 
town,  both  black  and  white,  averred  that  more  than  eighty  of  the 
most  hopelessly  desperate  cases,  who  were  unable  to  be  moved, 
had  been  carried  into  a  large  wooden  building,  which,  by  General 
Bragg's  order,  was  deliberately  fired,  and  with  its  living  inmates, 
burned  to  the  ground.  This  fiendish  act  of  cruelty  was  consum- 
mated for  no  other  purpose  than  to  co\er  up  and  hide  from  view 
such  incontestible  evidence  of  the  inhumanity  of  their  hellisli 
prison  system.  Many  of  our  boys  were  shown  the  ashes,  and 
smouldering  embers,  filled  with  charred  and  blackened  bones,  and 
two  of  these  bodies,  only  partially  consumed,  gave  only  too  posi- 
tive evidence  of  the  character  of  the  lemains.  Our  men  pressed 
the  rebels  so  closely  on  their  retreat,  that,  within  the'  next  two 
days,  more  than  six  hundred  of  our  poor  fellows  had  to  be  aband- 
oned, and  thus  fell  into  our  hands.  They  had  not  received  a 
mouthful  of  food  since  leaving  Wilmington,  and  man}'  of  them 
had  found  relief  in  death.  Of  the  more  than  four  hundred  who 
had  been  carried  oft'  in  wagons,  over  one  hundred  had  died  l^efore 
our  forces  had  reached  them.  As  many  more  dietl  before  the  end 
of  the  month,  notwithstanding  they  received  the  very  best  care 
which  it  was  possible  to  bestow.  Here  we  realized,  as  we  looked 
upon  these  poor  emaciated  men,  that  there  were  things  connected 
with  war  far  more  revolting  than  the  horrors  of  the  most  desper- 
ate battle  field.  General  Cox  was  now  sent  to  Beaufort,  to  take 
command  of  the  troops  who  had  disembarked  there,  consisting  of 
our  ist  division,  General  Ruger  and  part  of  the  loth  Corps. 

They  were  to  march  up  the  country  by  Newburn  and  Kinston 
to  Goldsboro.  Soon  after  the  first  of  March  we  heard  that  they 
were  on  the  way,  and  on   the   fifth.   General  Couch,  with  the  3d, 


lOIiTH  REGIMENT. 


79 


and  ReilK    witli  the  ^d,   staitc-d  on  a  marcli  of  one  hundred  miles 
to  Kinston,  to  form  a  junction  tliere  with  Cox.    I^)r  many  months 
it  had  been  the   common    ])ractice    tor  one  di\  ision  to  trtke  the  ad- 
vance one  da\  .  then  tall  in  the   rear   of  all    the   others,   and    sf)   on, 
till  each  in    its   turn    had    passed    tVoni    iVont   to    rear.      On  this  oc- 
casion, the  ^d  di\  ision  had    the   ad\ance.      During-    the    first   (lav's 
march  a  lew   of  oui'  h()\  s  luul  captured  supplies,  such  as  chickens, 
hacon,    and     sweet    potatoes.       About   midni<;'ht  we   were    roused 
from  our  shunbers  to   listen  to  (ieiieral   Couch's  special    order,   to 
CTovern  the  command  through  the  remainiler  of  the  march.    Couch, 
as  senior  officer,  had  command  of  the   force.     The  order  read   to 
the  etVect  that  throuuhout  the  march,  the  y\  di\  ision  should  march 
in    advance,     and    that    the    advance    i^uard     of    the    2d    di\  ision 
(Couch's)  should  '-shoot  down  like  a    do.u"  any    soldier  of  the  3d 
di^ision  found  stragglinoj.      Reilly    had   us    up  and  on  the  road  be- 
fore da\  .  and  ridin;^  alon<;-  the    line,  told   us  that  he  expected  us  to 
march    like    h — 1.   and    he    would   see    that    no    stra<j,i;lers    tell    into 
General    Couch's    hands.      \\'e    were    miles    on    the    load    bet'ore 
Couch    j^ot   started,   and    b\    ele\  en    o'clock    had    marched    fifteen 
miles,  when  we  halted  and  tiled  into  a    lar<2,-e    field,    with   a    house 
and    well-filled    barn   and    smoke-house.       A    detail  of  three    men 
from  each  companx     xvent   to    assist  the   commissaries   di\ide   and 
distribute  over  three  hundred  bushels  of  sweet  potatoes,  and  ei_ii;ht 
or  nine  thousand  pounds  of  tine  hams  and   bacon,  besides    all   the 
chickens,  geese,  and  hogs,  which  were  soon  either   in   our  kettles 
or  frving  pans,  or  snuglv   stowed    awa\'    in    our  ha\  ersacks.      We 
rested  a  couple  of  hours,  then    started    on,    the    104th    bringing  up 
the  rear.      Just  as  \Ye  were  fairly  on  the  road,   the  2d    division  ad- 
vance came  in  sight,  but  as  we  mo\  ed  briskly  on,  they   were  soon 
lost  to  view,  antl  we  saw    no    more    of  them    till    we   had   been   in 
Cox's    camp   UKue   than    half  a    daw      On   the    tenth    we    reached 
Trent  river,  which  was  full  from  the  rain   which  had  kept  us  wet 
most  of  the  waw      We   could    distincth    hear  hea\  y  cannonading 
to  the   n()rth.     The    river    had    been    bridged,    but    the   water  ran 
waist  deep  above  the  bridge,  and  the  men  w  ere  crossing,  in  single 
file,  on  the  plank  walk,  which  lay  abo\  e  the  water,  along  the  east 
side  of  the  bridge.      The  Kentuckians    had    passed,  and    w  hen  the 
104th    came    up  Colonel   Sterl    halted    the   column    and     had     the 
planks  thro\vn   into  the  river,  then  orderetl  us   to  ad\  ance.      Com- 
panv  E,  his  own  neighbors  from  Massillon.  w  ere  in   the    lead   and 
thev  remained  unmo\ed.     He  f'umed.  and  threatened,  and  stormed 


So  HIS  TORT  OF  7: HE 

to  no  purpose.  The  sturdy  Massillonians  stocxl  still,  and  so  did 
each  of  the  other  companies,  in  turn,  when  ordered  to  advance. 
We  never'  knew  how  it  would  have  turned  out,  for  just  in  the 
nick  of  time  Captain  Copeland,  of  (General  Cox's  start',  came 
down  from  the  north  and  crossed  o\er  to  us.  Then  he  made  a 
stirring  little  speech:  "Men  of  the  104th  Ohio,  General  Cox  is 
fighting,  at  Kinston,  against  overwhelming  odds,  and  is  in  great 
danger  of  heing  captured.  Follow  me."  Dismounting,  he  plunged 
into  the  turhid  waters.  Not  a  word  was  spoken,  but  without 
further  orders,  the  boys  waded  in  and  across,  and  pressed  eagerlv 
on  towards  the  increasing  roar  of  the  conflict. 

We  soon  found  ourselves  face  to  face  with  a  great  forest  fire, 
which  went  roaring  and  surging  across  our  line  of  march,  in  the 
great  pine  woods,  with  a  heat  so  intense  that  a  man  could  not  face 
it  and  live  a  moment.  We  made  a  long  detour  to  the  W'est  till 
W' e  came  to  where  the  ground-fire  had  passed  on  before,  when  wx 
plunged  into  the  burning  woods  cner  ground  still  smoking,  among 
trees  on  fire  from  the  ground  up  to  the  top,  from  the  burning 
turpentine  with  which  their  trunks  were  loaded,  onward  through 
lilinding  smoke  and  stifling  heat  for  nine  wearv  miles.  T.hat  night 
we  reached  the  battle  field,  but  the  fighting  was  over,  and  the 
rebels  in  full  retreat  toward  Goldsboro.  Next  morning  we 
marched  int<j  Kinston,  where  we  remained  and  worked  at  getting 
out  ties  and  re-laving  the  old  railroad,  destroyed  by  General  Burn- 
side's  men  in  1862.  This  lasted  till  March  twentieth  when  we 
broke  camp  and  started  west,  reaching  Goldsboro  on  the  evening 
of  the  twentv-first.  Here  we  formed  a  junction  with  Kilpat- 
rick's  cavalr\-,  in  adxance  of  Sherman's  arm\-,  who  were  on  their 
way  to  Fayetteville,  and  who  had  only  recently  whipped  the 
rebels  under  General  Johnston  at  A^•erysboro  and  Benton\ille. 
We  marched  out  south  of  town  and  worked  nearly  all  night 
building  a  strong  line  of  fortifications.  On  the  twenty-third 
General  Sherman  came  in  at  the  head  of  the  14th  Corps,  which 
passed  in  review  before  him  and  the  generals  of  the  33d  and  loth 
corps,  then  took  a  position  on  the  line  and  the  23d  and  loth  were 
reviewed.  March  twentA-fourth  was  spent  by  Sherman  review- 
ing the  15th,  17th,  and  20th  corps,  as  the  foot-sore  tatterdemalions 
came  in  from  their  five  hundred  mile  march  through  the  swamps 
and  pine  woods  of  Carolina.  We  were  well  pleased  to  again  see 
the  grim,  old  face  of  General  .Sherman.  For  a  few  days  we  en- 
joyed the  pleasure  of  visiting  among  our  friends,  the  heroes  of  the 


ViVrH  HEdlMENT.  Si 

most  wonderful  inarch  of  the  nineteenth  centur\.  Hampton's 
rebel  cavalry  were  encamped  about  a  mile  out  across  a  cypress 
swamp.  Company  D  was  detailed  to  ii^uard  a  liridge  across  this, 
where  we  w  ere  for  a  few  days  ])ermitted  to  enjoy  the  companion- 
ship of  the  musical  alli<^ator.  and  the  painstal<in<(  and  incUistrious 
mosquito.  I  lere  one  da\'.  Comrades  I'enn  and  Sweet,  while  out 
i^atherint.;'  turnips.  \\  eie  dashed  upon  b\  a  s(|uad  of  Hampton's 
cavalry,  and  only  escaj^ed  by  a  wonderful  display  of  le<^  power. 
Thev  left  their  plunder  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  (ieneral 
Reillv,  havin<;'  Iteconie  tired  of  soldieriui;-,  resi<^ned  about  the  first 
of  April,  and  (jeneral  Samuel  V.  Cartel",  of  Tennessee,  took  his 
phice  in  command  ot"  the  yl  di\  ision. 

April  tenth  the  army  started  out  on  the  roads  up  the  Neuse 
toward  .Smithlield.  The  104111  did  not  j^et  on  to  the  road  till 
afternoon  ot  the  next  da\ ,  when  we  started,  in  eharj^e  of  the 
wai^on  trains  of  the  ij^A  and  loth  corps.  Our  progress  was  slow 
and  tedious  in  the  extreme  on  account  of  l)ad  roads.  On  the 
fourteenth  a  scpiad  of  guerrillas  captured  an  officer  oi'  the  i6th 
Kentuckx',  in  cliar^e  of  part  of  the  train.  They  made  him  put  on 
the  <i;^ra\-.  and  then  a  man  of  much  the  same  ap])earance  donned 
his  clothes  and  passed  back  ahuii;-  our  part  of  the  line.  I^\  his 
orders  a  dozen  or  fifteen  of  the  teams  were  switched  off"  the  road 
and  ])arked,  as  he  said,  for  dinner.  As  soon  as  the  teams  were 
unhitched,  a  compaiu'  of  rebels  surrounded  the  little  camp  and 
took  guards,  teamsters,  and  mules,  then  cutting  the  spokes  of  the 
wagons,  set  them  on  fire,  and  with  their  prisoners  and  boot}',  es- 
caped before  thev  were  discovered.  The  104th  lost  about  a  dozen 
men  b\  this  little  piece  of  strategy,  one  of  whoni  was  killed,  and 
three  wounded.  Three  of  the  guerillas  were  afterward  captured 
b\  us  in  an  attack  which  they  made  one  night,  and  the  house 
where  thev  made  their  headc[uarters  was  burned.  At  another 
place  thev  had.  through  some  of  their  women,  induced  our 
officers  to  leave  a  safe-guard  of  two  men,  whom  the  guerrillas 
took,  as  soon  as  the  army  was  fairlv  out  of  sight,  tied  them  with 
arms  l)eliind  them  to  a  tree,  cut  their  tongues  from  their  mouths, 
and  nailed  them  to  a  tree  beside  their  owners.  The  i6th  got  some 
of  these  fellows  of  whom  the\'  made  short  shrift,  hanging  them 
to  the  first  tree  they  came  to. 

On  the  thirteenth  we  received  the  glad  tidings  that  Lee's 
rebel  armv  had  been  captured  entire,  and  that  Richmond 
and     Petersbur<jf      were     both     in     our     hands.      As     the     courier 


82  HIS  TORI'  OF  THE 

came  along-  the  line  with  the  ^iloiious  news,  the  men 
cheered,  and  danced,  and  siionted.  and  lau*j;hed.  and  sang  as 
the\  liad  never  done  before.  At  noon  on  the  titteenth,  we  ar- 
rived at  the  rebel  works,  jnst  abandoned,  a  short  mile  east  of 
Ralei<jh.  Our  ist  dixision  was  doing- duty  in  town  as  provost 
guards.  \\'hilc-  taking  dinner,  we  were  startled  and  shocked  bv 
the  ari\  al  of  a  courier  \vith  the  terrible  news  that  our  beloved 
President  Lincoln  had  been  assassinated  in  Washington,  just  on 
the  e\  e  of  a  most  glorious  peace.  Then,  from  e\ery  regiment 
alcmg  the  line,  went  up  a  cry  for  \cngeance.  ''Burn  the  city.  burn, 
burn,  and  spare  nothing."  went  up.  antl  was  carried  along  the  line 
with  lightning  speed.  It  was  a  time  for  ]:)rompt  action  on  the 
part  of  (General  Sherman,  and  soon  out  came  a  courier  with  orders 
from  (ieneral  Cox  for  the  104th  to  march  into  tow  n  immediatelw 
When  we  arrived  there  a  special  t)rder  was  read  to  us.  stating  that 
a  large  majoritv  of  the  citizens  of  Raleigh  had  all  along  been 
lo\al.  and  were  now.  and  that  the  104th  was  exjiected  to  do  its 
dut\  in  suppressing  riots,  and  assist  the  provost  guard  in  guarding 
and  protecting  the  lives  and  property  of  citizens.  We  were 
scattered  in  detachments  through  the  cit\ .  and  ke])t  a  vigilant 
watch  all  night.  Though  we  had  no  Hghting,  we  had  the  jail 
prettv  well  tilled  bv  morning  with  men  who  had  been  taken  up 
tor  attempts  to  set  fire  to  buildings.  In  the  morning  the  bo}s  were 
cooled  down,  and  most  of  the  prisoners  were  released  after  a  good, 
fathcrlv  reprimand  froni  General  Sherman,  who  took  occasion  to 
compliment  the  104th  for  faithful  discharge  of  duty  during  the 
night.  Within  a  da\-  or  two  more,.Wm.  W.  Holden.  a  worthy- 
citizen  of  Raleigh,  a  L'nion  man  who  had  come  w  ith  iis  back  to 
his  nativ  e  heath,  was  appointed  go\  ernor  of  North  Carolina,  and 
in  a  \  erv  few  davs  the  wheels  of  government  were  again  in 
motion  anion<>-  the  denizens  of  the  land  of  tar. 


lo.'i  TH  R  E  C;  I  MEN  T.  83 


CIIAPTILR    l.\. 


KN  11    OF'    'IIIK     \\\I<. 


I^:ilciu,"Ii  \\  c  round  t<>  be  ;i  \  ci\  pretty  and  pleasant  city,  situated  on 
hit^h,  r()llin<;\!j,round.  with  wide,  clean  streets,  completely  shaded  by 
rows  of  beautiful  dark-j^reen  oaks.  The  principal  street  ran  south 
from  the  i^rounds  of  the  State  deaf  and  dunil)  asylum  to  those  of 
the  lunatic  asylum,  w  ith  the  .State  capitol  half  wa\-  l)et\\een  on 
the  west  side  of  the  street.  This  street  was  completely  arched 
over  with  the  branches  of  splendid  trees,  so  closely  interwoven 
that  hardl\-  a  sin<2^1e  rav  of  sunlight  found  its  way  throuj^h  to  the 
dri\ewa\  or  sidewalks  lielow  .  The  public  "^rounds  at  the  capitol 
and  other  State  institutions  were  also  completely  shaded  by  these 
sturdy  giants  of  the  forest,  so  that,  though  lacking  in  architectural 
wealth  and  displax.  ''The  City  of  Oaks"'  was  perha]:)s  the  pleas- 
antest  town  we  e\  er  saw.  We  enjoyed  our  stay  in  camp  on  the 
grounds  of  the  as\lum  for  the  deaf,  dumb  and  blind. 

April  nineteenth,  an  armistice  was  agreed  to  between  (ienerals 
Sherman  and  J'^bi^^ton.  On  the  twenty-ninth  Generals  Grant 
and  Meade,  with  their  res])ecti\  e  staHs,  arrived  from  Newbern, 
and  the  next  dav  the  loth  Corps,  under  General  Terry,  and  the 
2^d,  under  (ieneral  Cox.  passed  in  review  before  the  assembled 
<lignitaries  present  in  the  capitol.  The  State-house  grounds  were 
filled  to  o\  erflowing  w  ith  military  men  and  the  chief  citizens  of 
North  Carolina  and  Raleigli.  Centrally,  in  the  front  rank  of 
spectators,  sttxxl  the  shoit.  sturd\-  commander  of  our  armies,  with 
his  tall  and  stalwart  Lieutenants,  Sherman  and  Meade,  to  the 
right  and  left,  while  around  them  were  grouped  (ienerals  Howard, 
Slocum.  Logan.  Scliotield.  Davis.  Williams.  Hazen,  Kilpatrick, 
and  a  host  of  other  bright  stars  in  the  galaxy  of  victorious  generals, 
with  stafl"  officers  and  aides-de-camp,  "like  the  sands  on  the  sea- 
shore for  multitude."  The  several  di\  isions  and  brigades  were 
formed  on  the  \  arious  east  and  w  est  streets  in  the  north  of  town, 
with  their  lu'ads  of  column  ready  to  file  into  the  main  tiioroughtarc. 
The  loth  Corps  took  the  lead  and  made  a  \  cry  creilitable  display. 


^4 


HIS  TORT  OF  THE 


Our  ist  division,  mostly  of  new  regiments,  as  they  passed  by  out 
of  time  and  in  uneven  and  wavering  lines,  put  the  name  and  fame 
of  the  23d  Corps  in  jeopardy  by  their  miserable  marching  and 
lack  of  discipline.  General  Cox  rode  at  the  head  of  the  column 
till  the  capitol  grounds  were  reached,  when  he  turned  in  and  said 
to  General  Grant,  "This  division  consists  of  raw  levies  ;  we  \v\\\ 
show  you  some  soldiers  bye  and  bye/' 

When  General  Couch  appeared  at  the  head  of  the  2d  division, 
the  steady  tramp  and  soldierly  carriage  of  the  iiith  and  iiSth 
and  4Sth  Ohio,  the  107th  Illinois,  and  other  troops  in  that  splen- 
did division,  lirought  manv  favorable  comments  from  the  assem- 
bled generals,  to  which  General  Cox  replied  that  it  was  very 
good  but  he  expected  to  show  them  that  which  was  ,  still  better. 
As  soon  as  the  road  was  clear,  General  Carter  filed  the  brigades 
of  the  3d  out  on  to  the  main  street,  then  started  forward  in  the  fol- 
lowing order:  First,  General  Carter,  commanding  the  3d  divis- 
ion and  staft';  second.  Colonel  Sterl,  commanding  the  ist  brigade, 
followed  by  the  I3th  and  i6th  Kentucky  and  8th  Tennessee;  then 
the  104th  cornet  band  to  play  for  the  whole  brigade;  the  104th, 
looth  and  177th  Ohio  bringing  up  the  rear.  After  us  came  the  2d, 
Casement's  old  brigade,  in  command  of  Colonel  Stiles,  of  the  63d 
Indiana,  marching  to  the  music  of  their  famous  brigade  band. 
This  brigade  consisted  of  the  103d  Ohio,  34th  Kentucky,  63d  and 
65th  Indiana,  and  65th  Illinois,  all  veterans  of  three  years'  honora- 
ble sei-vice.  Third  and  last  came  Colonel  Henderson  with  the  3d 
brigade,  consisting  of  several  Tennessee  and  a  couple  of  Michigan 
regiments  and  his  own,  ii3th  Illinois.  They  marched  to  the 
music  of  the  112th  Illinois  band.  We  marched  by  column  of  bat- 
talion, viz.:  each  regiment  was  divided  into  battalions  of  two 
companies  each.  These  in  the  104th  consisted  of  about  eighty 
men  to  the  battalion,  which,  in  two  ranks,  reached  nearly  across 
the  street,  giving  us  plenty  of  marching  room.  When  the  order 
to  go  forward  was  given,  the  band  struck  up  on  a  quick  step  and 
every  man  started  oft'  in  perfect  time.  As  we  swept  past  the  re- 
viewing ofiicers,  with  arms  at  the  shoulder,  with  not  a  man  of  the 
four  hundred  out  of  step  or  out  of  line,  every  gun  and  every  hand 
in  place,  we  could  notice  the  complacent  smile  on  General  Cox's 
face  as  he  turned  to  his  chief  with  a  look  which  said  as  plainly  as 
language  could  express  it,  "Beat  that  if  you  can."  It  was  plainly 
evident  from  the  pleased  looks  of  all  present,  that  they  were  satis- 
fied with  the  performance.     The  day's  review   was    witnessed  by 


lO'iTH  REGIMENT.  8^ 

ni;in\'  thousand  \  ctcraii  soldiers,  all  of  whom  praised  the  pcrfonii- 
ance  of  the  104th  in  particular,  of  a  division  which  all  acknowl- 
ed<^ed  to  have  done  exceedingly  well.  At  that  evening's  dress 
jiarade  (General  Cox  presented  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jordan  with 
the  congratulations  of  Generals  Grant,  Sherman  and  Schofield.  for 
the  disphu'  of  excellence  in  drill,  marching  and  soldierly  bearing 
which  none  of  them  in  all  tlieir  \aiicd  experience  had  ever  seen 
excelled  even  by  regulars. 

It  is  doubtful  if  an\-  member  of  the  regiment  in  line  tiiat  day 
ever  felt  a  prouder  moment  than  when  marching  i:)ast  the  capitol 
of  North  Carolina  on  that  beautiful  afternoon  of  April  ::i.  1S65. 
Next  dav  the  "Army  of  Georgia,"  General  II.  W.  Slocum,  was 
re\ie\ved,  and  on  the  twenty-fourth  the"Army  of  the  Tennessee," 
(icneral  ().  Howard,  and  also  Kilpatrick's  Cavalry.  On  the 
twentv-fifth  the  armistice  was  terminated  by  General  .Sherman, 
and  the  20th  Corps  and  cavalry  started  for  Hillsboro  in  search  of 
rebels,  while  all  the  other  troops,  except  the  loth  Corps,  received 
orders  to  be  prepared  to  march  at  a  moment's  notice. 

Next  day,  April  26,  1865,  the  rebel  commander,  (ieneral  Joe 
E.  Johnston,  signed  articles  of  capitulation  in  which  he  agreed  to 
surrender  his  army  on  the  same  terms  accorded  by  General 
(jrant  to  General  Lee.  However  the  armies  remained  where 
thev  were  except  that  all  the  forces  of  rebels  under  Johnston 
were  to  concentrate  at  Greensboro,  to  turn  over  all  their  arms  and 
militarv  stores  and  to  sign  paroles  agreeing  to  not  take  up  arms 
against  the  United  States  until  properly  exchanged.  By  May 
Hrst  thev  were  ready  and  (General  Schofield,  commander  of  the 
department  of  North  Carolina,  took  a  train  to  (jreensboro,  accom- 
panied by  General  Cox  and  the  104th  Ohio,  which  General  Cox  had 
selected  as  the  soberest  and  best  disciplined  regiment  in  his  corps. 
These  were  to  take  charge  of,  and  guard  the  rebel  war  material 
which  \\as  to  be  turned  over.  We  started  on  the  second  and  at 
three  p.  m.  we  landed  right  in  the  midst  of  twenty  thousand  rebel 
soldiers.  They  immediately  marched  to  a  large  field  east  of  the  city 
where  thev  stacked  arms  and  parked  their  wagons  and  artillery, 
and  the  switches  and  sidings  of  the  railroads  were  packed  with 
locomotives  and  cars.  The  104th  was  then  divided  into  three  re- 
liefs and  put  on  guard,  some  over  the  railroad  property  and  the 
remainder  over  the  war  material.  They  turned  over  one  hundred 
and  fortv-six  pieces  of  artillery,  over  three  hundred  wagons,  forty- 
one  thousand    stand   of  small   arms,    oxer   two   hundred   stands  of 


S6  II I  STORY  OF  THE 

colors,  two  hundred  and  fortv-rivc  locomotives,  and  more  than 
one  thousand  cars,  with  an  immense  amount  of  commissary  and 
t)i-dnance  stores.  It  was  a  time  for  the  exercise  of  both  firmness 
andjud^-ment  on  our  part.  The  rebel  commander  could  turn  over 
his  war  material,  but  as  to  the  soldiers,  it  \\  as  another  matter. 
Feelin*^  themselves  no  longer  under  the  restraint  of  military  dis- 
cipline, thousands  of  them  had  hid  their  weapons  and  were  now 
"raishig  Cain"  in  town  and  in  their  camps,  some  of  them  less  than 
half  a  mile  away. 

All  night  the\'  made  the  region  about  us  resountl  with  their 
drimken  brawls,  and  the  vicinity  extremely  dangerous  with  their 
wild  and  reckless  firing,  as  they  sauntered  through  town  and 
country,  committing  crimes  and  ravages  of  the  most  horrible  na- 
ture. Piobabh  twenty  per  cent,  of  those  thirty  thousand  or  more 
men  marched  or  rode  off  into  the  country  in  liands  of  from  fi\e  to 
fifty,  committing  robberies,  murders,  arson,  and  e\  ery  crime 
known.  For  several  weeks  the  helpless  inhabitants  of  central 
and  western  Carolina  lived  under  a  perfect  reign  of  terror.  The 
guard  lines  were  made  as  strong  as  possible  \\ith  so  few  men, 
vet  scattered  as  we  were  obliged  to  be,  we  would  have  been  un- 
able to  stand  before  an  attack  by  these  forces,  such  as  might  ha\  e 
been  precipitated  b\  an\  talse  or  unwise  step  on  (jur  part.  Hap- 
pily, all  such  trouble  was  averted  by  our  ])atience  and  forebear- 
ance  under  the  most  tr^•ing  insults,  threats,  taunts  and  insinuations 
from  the  drunken  and  desperate  characters  by  which  we  were 
surrountled.  In  the  morning  most  of  our  officers  were  put  to 
work  at  the  duties  of  preparing  the  rolls  and  administering  the 
oath  to  the  rebels,  and  furnishing  transportati(jn  and  subsistence 
for  their  journey  to  their  homes  in  Georgia,  Tennessee,  Texas  and 
other  jDarts  of  the  South.  The  afternoon  train  brought  the  9th 
New  Jersey  regiment,  who  relieved  us  of  part  of  our  burden,  and 
we  spent  a  more  comfortable  night  than  the  one  before.  On  the 
fifth  the  remainder  of  the  brigade  arrived,  and  the  2d  also,  and  by 
the  seventh  the  ist  division  had  passed  through  toward  Charlotte 
and  the  2d  division  to  Danville,  \^irginia.  Meantime  Kilpatrick, 
with  his  cavalry,  was  scouring  the  country,  picking  up  the  roving 
bands  of  freebooters  scattered  abroad  in  the  country,  who  were 
placed  in  jail  to  await  trial  l^y  the  ci\  il  authorities. 

Such  was  tJK'  cntl  of  the  rebellion  in  the  Carcjlinas.  Our 
com  ades  brought  us  the  news  that  peace  had  been  declared  and 
that  (Jeneral    Sherman    had  started    with  the    14th,  15th,  17th  and 


lOJfTII  REaiMEXT.  Sy 

20th  corps  for  a  marcli   to    W'asliiiiLj'ton  Id  he-   imistcrcd  out  ot"  the 
service. 

Bv  Ma\  tcMitli.  the.  rebels  had  all  heeii  ^fut  dt  their  homes  and 
now  our  duties  were  li^ht  and  i)leasant  lor  a  few  short  weeks 
more.  A  little  incident  occulted.  iiowe\er.  on  the  tentli  of  June. 
which  hroki'  in  on  the  monoton\  ot  camp  life  and  aKo  showed  a 
little  of  the  spirit  that  pie\  ailed  in  our  l)ri<_^ade.  The  lo^th  were 
acting'  as  |)ro\()st  ^^iiads  in  tow  n.  and  were  encamped  just  north 
of' the  cit\-  limits,  while  Colonel  Steil.  with  the  remaindi'r  ot"  the 
hrit^'ade.  was  encamped  halt' a  mile  west. 

I'he  di\  ision  head(|uarters  la\  just  across  the  road  adioinin^ 
oui"  cam]i  on  the  east.  ( ieneral  L.irler  had  yone  to  another  counts 
on  some  luisiness,  and  lelt  his  chief  of  staf1,  .Major  (irat/.  in  charj^e 
at  headipuiiters.  A  teamster  in  the  dixision  train  cameoxerto 
our  camp  considerahh  undei'  the  influence  ot' litpior.  Next  came 
Lieutenant  I)enn\,  one  of"  Carter's  aids,  undei'  orders  t'rom  Major 
"(iiat/.  to  arrest  the  teamster.  The  teamster  was  pla\  inj^  euchre 
with  some  of"  our  ho\s  wlien  he  was  put  under  arrest,  and  seemed 
more  inclined  to  talk  to  his  chums  in  the  ijame  than  to  march  to  the 
hcacKiuarters.  Lieutenant  l)enn\  u;re\\  impatient,  seized  a  14 un 
from  one  of"  the  guards  and  plunged  the  lia\onet  throu^di  the  le^" 
of"  the  uiduckx  wi^hl.  In  his  tent,  close  li\.  la\  a  I)i<j.  hroad- 
shouldeied  ^iant  ot'al>o\,  the  first  letters  of"  whose  name  were 
Williard  iKincrot't,  of  Company  I).  He  Liol  up.  x\alked  la/ily  out 
to  the  scene  of  conflict,  and  without  an\  a})))arent  effort  [)lanted 
liis  hon\-  Hst  stpiare  between  the  exes  of  the  dou^htx'  lieutenant. 
The  lieutenant  t'ell  as  though  he  had  lieen  struck_bx  lij^htninii^. 
The  box  s  natuiallx  had  a  heartx  laiit;h  at  his  expense',  but  the 
lieutenant  \x  as  not  throuL;'h  x  et.  (iointi"  t^"  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Jordan,  he  complained  that  he  had  been  struck  like  a  doj^-  b\  one 
of  his  men.  and  demanded  that  the  otVender  should  be  punished  as 
prescribed  in  the  rej^ulations  for  such  an  otlense.  The  ex'er  care- 
ful Jordan  x\  ent  to  Companx  I),  and.  upon  in([uir\,  soon  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  Lieutenant  Dennx  had  receixed  onlx  what  he 
deserxed,  told  him  so,  and  refused  to  do  anxthing  about  it.  Next 
came  an  ordei'  from  Major  (jratz,  in  (reneral  Carter's  name,  that 
Colonel  [ordan  and  the  lo^th  regiment  should  consider  them- 
selxes  under  arrest  for  breach  of  discipline,  and  to  stack  their 
arms,  and  the  9th  Ne\x-  Jersex'  and  17th  Massachusetts  xxould  re- 
liex  e  them  from  dutx  in  toxxn.  and  mount  a  i^uard  aiounil  the 
i()|^th.      Tlu>    box  s   did  not  stack   arms  worth  a  cent,  but  xxlien  the 


88  IlISrORV  OF  THE 

gallant  Jcrscymcn  were  preparing  to  place  a  guard  around  us,  the 
boys  skipped  out  of  camp  and  formed  a  skirmish  line,  ready  for 
business.  By  this  time  hundreds  of  our  old  comrades  of  the  ist 
brigade  had  joined  the  impromptu  skirmish  line.  Happily  for  all 
concerned,  General  Carter  arrived  just  as  things  were  getting  in- 
teresting, and  wanted  to  know  what  in  creation  was  going  on. 
After  listening  to  the  story  of  his  staff  officers,  he  exclaimed, 
"Fools,  do  you  want  to  see  those  men  butchered!  All  the  eastern 
troops  in  North  Carolina  couldn't  put  a  guard  of  strangers  over 
any  of  these  regiments.  They've  been  together  too  long  to  allow 
that.      Send  them  to  their  quarters  immediatelv.  " 

This  was  the  first  and  last  time  the  104th  was  evei"  under  ;ir- 
rest.  Shortly  before  this  occurrence  we  held  a  convention  in  the 
104th  to  select  delegates  to  the  Ohio  State  Linion  con\ention,  to 
be  held  a  few  days  after.  We  selected  Q.  M.  Schaffer  and  J.  L. 
Clark,  of  Company  F,  as  delegates,  with  Captain  R.  C.  Taggart, 
and  one  other,  as  alternates,  with  instruction  to  support  General  J. 
D.  Cox  for  Governor.  About  this  time  Captain  H.  H.  Eberhard 
returned  from  a  furlough  home,  bringing  with  him  a  beautiful 
new  silk  flag,  bearing  the  names  of  our  principal  battles  and  cam- 
paigns, Cumberland  Gap,  Knoxville,  East  Tennessee,  Resaca, 
Dallas,  Kenesaw  Mountain,  Utoy  Creek.  Atlanta,  Columbia, 
Franklin,  Nashville.  Old  Town  Creek,  and  VVilmmgton,  em- 
blazoned thereon  in  gold  letters.  It  was  presented  bv  the  ladies 
of  Massillon  as  a  token  of  their  esteem. 

June  sixteenth,  the  104th  was  relieved  from  pro^  ost  dutv  bv  the 
17th  Massachusetts,  and  the  next  dav  we  were  reviewed,  with  the 
whole  division,  by  Generals  vSchofield,  Cox,  and  Carter.  That 
night  saw  us  ready  for  our  journey  home.  On  the  eighteenth, 
after  listening  to  Chaplain  Whitney's  farewell  address,  we 
marched  to  the  Piedmont  railroad  depot  and  took  passage  in 
freight  cars  for  a  journey  to  "God's  countrv."  We  arrived  at 
City  Point  at  eight  o'clock  on  Mondav  evening,  and  embarked  on 
the  steamer  Columbia.  We  stopped  over  Tuesday  night  in  the 
mouth  of  York  river  on  account  of  a  storm,  and  Wednesdav 
night  at  nine  o'clock  we  reached  Baltimore,  where  we  lay  until 
Thursday  noon.  Thence  by  freight  cars  on  the  Pennsylvania 
railroad  via  York,  Harrisburg,  and  Altoona  to  Pittsburg,  where 
we  arrived  at  five  o'clock  on  the  evening  of  the  twenty-third.  In 
coming  up  the  Allegheny  mountains,  the  night  before,  a  man  was 
thrown  from  the  top  of  a  car,  where  he  was  sleeping,  and  instantly 


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killed.  The  train  alicad  of  us  was  w  reeked  near  the  same  ])laee, 
rcsultin«^  in  the  death  of  perhaps  a  dozen  men  of  the  103d  Ohio, 
and  twiee  as  many  more  were  severely  hurt.  At  Pittshur*/-  a 
committee  of  citizens  met  us  and  conducted  us  to  a  ^reat  hanciuet 
hall,  where  day  and  night  they  furnished  the  homeward  hound 
soldiers  with  a  good,  substantial  meal.  We  had  a  most  excellent 
supper,  to  which  we  did  ample  justice,  then  spent  an  hour  most 
pleasantly  listening  to  patriotic  songs  hy  a  glee  club  of  more  than 
a  hundred  ladies  and  gentlemen.  We  stopped  o\er  at  W'ellsville 
until  morning,  when  (Jeneral  Reilly  joined  us  and  on  we  came 
past  our  "own  dear  native  home,"  in  the  beautiful  land.  Ohio.  At 
every  station  we  w  ere  met  by  pai'ents,  sisters,  brothers,  wives,  and 
sweethearts,  who  w  ere  ■"waiting  ami  watching"  for  some  one  on 
the  train.  From  houses  and  fields  the  waving  hats  and  handker- 
chiefs cheered  us  on  our  way.  We  reached  Cleveland  on  lune 
tw-enty-f(nirth,  at  ele\  en  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  there  ended 
our  journeying  as  a  regiment.  In  the  two  years  and  ten  months 
of  our  service,  we  had  soldiered  in  H\e  of  the  rebel  States,  had 
participated  in  the  annihilation  of  one  great  rebel  arm\-.  and  had 
received  the  surrender  of  another:  had  fought  in  thirteen  battles 
in  which  we  had  captured  more  than  one  thousaiul  rebel  prisoners, 
eight  pieces  of  artillery,  and  fifteen  stand  of  colors.  We  had 
marched  more  than  three  thousand  and  four  hundred  miles,  had 
rode  nearly  three  thousand  by  rail  and  one  thousantl  and  three 
hundred  by  water,  had  uncomplainingly  endured  many  hardships 
of  hunger  and  thirst,  cold  and  heat,  disease  and  wounds,  and  had 
laid  hundreds  of  our  comrades  in  the  silent  tomb. 

We  took  dinner  under  an  immense  bower  surrounding  Perr\"s 
monument,  then  marched  to  Camp  Tax  lor  w  lu-re  we  remained 
over  Sunday.  On  Monday  we  received  our  discharge  pajjcrs  and 
held  our  last  dress  parade.  That  evening  we  were  joined  bv  our 
old  faithful  icx)th  Ohio.  On  Wednesday  after  dinner.  June  ^8, 
1865,  we  were  paid  in  full.  Then,  w  ith  handshakings  and  heartv 
good-byes,  the  boys  abantloned  their  last  camp,  and  durin*'-  the 
night  and  next  day  w  ent  home.  Having  laid  aside  the  imple- 
ments of  war.  we  spent  the  jolly  I'^ourth  of  ]ul\  as  citi/ens  of  the 
Republic  we  had  helj^ed  tosa\e. 


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HIS  TORI'  OF  THE 


DAVID     D.    1!ARD. 
Cixptiiin,    Coinpany  f.     Killed  at  Franklin,  Tcnn.,  Noz>.  so    iSb^. 


WILLIAM  j.  JORDAN, 

Captain,   Company  K,   1SO2:  Lieittenani-Colonel,   104th  Regiment,  1804      Died  at  Nei> 

Lisbon,   Ohio,  February,    /SSd. 


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APPENDIX 


W'lu-n  tlif  ••ltucI  w  ;ii"  \\  as  ii\  cr."  tlic-rc  were-  Imt  \  lt\  tVw  iittliL- 
sur\  Ivors  who  thought  tlic\  \\  ould  t\  er  a<:^ain  want  to  sec  or  licar 
of  unythinjj^  iniHtary.  Xot  one  in  a  thousand  had  any  just  con- 
ception of  the  ini])ortanee  of  the  part  he  had  taken  in  niakiuL;-  the 
history  of  his  time,  or  of  the  magnitude  of  the  contiiet.  "tlie  jj^reat- 
est,  amon^J;  men.  in  the  tide  of  time."  r>ut  as  the  \  ears  passed  on, 
and  the  "ho\s""  lieeame  scattered  abroad.  liie\  Iie^an  to  t'eel  a 
Ncarniny"  for  the  old  associations,  and  for  si^^ht  ol  tiie  old  famihar 
faces.  Tliis  feeling  grew  and  expantled  till  it  •"lirought  lorth 
fruit"  in  the  formation  of  an  endless  \  ariet\  of  associations  or  so- 
cieties, of  which  the  most  popular  and  profitable  were  tiie  numer- 
ous regimental  associations  whose  annual  reunions  ha\  e  been  the 
most  enjo\able  occasions  in  the  li\  es  of  those  fortunate  enougli  t(j 
be  able  to  partici])ate  in  them.  .^o.  to  be  in  the  fashion,  a  number 
of  the  members  of  the  lojth  ().  \'.  I.  met  in  the  hall  ot"I'(ist  Xo. 
27,  (j.  A.  R.,  in  Alliance.  Ohio,  at  one  o'clock,  v.  m..  Xox  ember  12. 
1868.  General  J.  W.  Reillv  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  Adjutant 
Walter  McChmonds  u  as  elected  secretar\  . 

It  was  resolved  to  hold  the  first  reunion  al  Alliance.  ()hio.  on 
the  thirtieth  of  Novembei-,  1868,  the  anni\  ersar\  of  the  battle  of 
Franklin.  It  was  decided  that  the  next  reunion  be  held  at  Mas- 
sillon,  Ohio,  August  J9,  iS6(i.  but.  for  some  reason,  this  was 
changed,  and  the  second  annual  reunion  was  held  at  ^Vkron.  Ohio. 
Consequentlv  the  record  of  annual  reunions  of  the  association  runs 
as  follows: 

AXXIAI.    UiaXIONS. 

jF'/V.sV.   Alliance.  O..  Xo\  ember  30.  1868. 

Scco/ni.  Akron,  ()..  September  10,  1869.  Deaths  of  mem- 
bers reported  for  the  past  \ear:  K.  (i.  I'liomas.  M.  I). 
Theodore,  .\.  Ricks,  lliram   Reinols.  H.  II.  SlaidNcr. 


92 


HISTOIil'  OF  THE 


Third.   Salem,  O.,  Scptemlier  8,  1870.      No  deaths  reported. 

Fourth.   Massillon,  O.,  Septembers,  187 1.     No  deaths  reported. 

Fifth.  Wellsville,  O.,  October  i,  1873.  Deaths  tor  the  year: 
Manuel  Barth,  Company  G;  Jerome  Graville,  Company  A; 
George  F.  Graham,  Company  K;  B.  L.  Dewees,  Company 
E;  James  H.  McKinnel,  Compan}'  F. 

Sixth.  Alliance,  ().,  October  3,  1873.  Deaths  for  the  year: 
Joseph  Anderson,  Company  A;  Phillip  Triem,  Company 
B;John  Shanefelt,  Company  B;  George  Painton,  Com- 
pany H;  James  L.  Smith,  Company  K. 

Seventh.  Alliance,  O.,  October  i,  1874.  Deaths  for  the  year: 
Charles  W.  Bernower,  Company  A;  John  Barr,  Company  F. 

Eighth.  Ravenna,  O.,  September    i,    1875.     No  deaths  reported- 

Ninth.  New  Lisbon,  O.,  September  I3,  1877.  Deaths  for  the 
year:     Amos    Hower,  Company   E;    Rev.    Buel   Whitney, 

Regimental  Chaplain:  John  Kelher,  Company  F:  K.  M. 
Garside,  Company  K. 

y\'//th.  vSalem,  O.,  September  19,  1878.  Deaths  for  the  year: 
John  Porter,  Company  A;  \Vm.  B.  Taylor,  Company  B; 
Latham  Crawford,  Company  C;  Paul  vS.  Wiley,  Company 
H;  M.  M.  Ladu,  Company  \:  W.  C.  Hamilton,  Company  K. 

Eleventh.  Canton,  O.,  vSeptember  i,  1880.  Deaths  for  the  year: 
David  E.  Spencer,  Company  D;*John  Pemberthy,  Com- 
panvE;John  Howard,  Compan}-  E;  J.  C.  Baker,  Com- 
pany G;  Abram  Paulus,  Company  H. 

T-.velfth.  Akron  O.,  September  31,  1881.  Deaths  reported: 
Wm.  Taylor,  Compan^  B;  Frank  A.  Day,  Company  F; 
John  Blythe,  Company  G;  James  D.  Crozier.  Company    H. 

Thirteenth.   Salem,  ().,  November  i,  1882. 

Fourteenth.  Canton,  O.,  October  3,  1883.  Death:  DennisJ.  Long, 
Company  H. 

Fifteenth.  Alliance,  O.,  October  3,  1884.  Deaths  reported: 
Joseph  Urban,  Compan\-  A;  James  A.  Crawford,  Com- 
pan\  C;  James  Sidebotham,  Company  L  Richard  Davis, 
Company  \:  Thomas  W.  Whitacre,  Company  Y. 

Sixteenth.  Congress  Lake,  Stark  County,  O.,  August  c,  6  and  7, 
1885.  This  was  a  genuine  old  fashioned  camp  in  the  woods, 
in  which  the  "boys,"  with  their  families  and  friends, 
gathered  around  the  camp  fires,  as  of  old;  slept  on  the 
ground,  and  took   all   the  enjoyment   possible  in   renewing 


lOIf  TH  REGIMEN  T.  o^ 

old  acquaintances  and  foiniin<,r  new  ones.  At  the  l)usincss 
meeting  on  the  sixth  it  was  decided  to  liold  the  next  reun- 
ion at  Myers'  Lake,  near  Canton,  ().,  l)v  going  into  camp 
on  the  second  Wednesday  and  Thursday  of  August,  i8S6. 
There  were  reported  deaths  of  members  of  the  regiment  as 
follows:  Wm.  Fram,  Company  D;  George  lieittle,  Com- 
pany E;  Captain  John  W.  Fawcett.  Company  G;  Captain 
llobart  Ford,  Company  II;  J.  C.  Russell,  Company  I:  anrl 
the  regimental  ([uartermaster,  Jacob  Schafler. 

Time  which  "waits  for  no  man,"  has  been  l)us\  anu^ncj-  the 
"boys  who  wore  the  blue,  and  tiie  104th  has  suflered  its  full  share 
of  those  who  have  answered  to  the  final  roll  call  above.  Among 
those  whose  names  have  been  reported  to  the  writer,  are  Colonel 
Wm.  J.  Jordan,  of  New  Lisbon,  Columbiana  Countv,  O..  who.  in 
the  prime  of  life  and  in  the  midst  of  an  honorable  and  prosperous 
career,  quietly  passed  away,  at  his  home,  on  February  26,  1S86. 
Colonel  Jordan  was  a  man  who  carried  his  conscience  into  every 
step  throughout  a  busy  and  eventful  life,  and  whether  iraining 
laurels  on  the  battle  field,  or  before  the  bar  of  justice,  (U-  in  his  re- 
ligious duties,  he  was  ever  the  same  cpiiet,  dignified,  firm  and  con- 
sistent Christian  gentleman. 

Near  the  first  of  July,  1886,  Fred  Allen,  of  Kent,  ()..  formerly 
of  Company  F.  died  of  consumption,  after  an  illness  of  several 
months. 

Undoubtedly  there  have  been  many  of  the  104th  who  have 
"climljed  the  golden  stairs,"  whose  names  have  never  been  re- 
ported at  the  reunions  of  the  regiment.  Among  them.  Captain 
Edward  E.  Tracy,  who,  many  years  ago,  died  of  \vounds  receiveil 
at  Cedar  Mountain,  while  a  member  of  the  7th  ().  \".  L.aiul  others 
received  at  Utoy  Creek  and  Franklin. 

The  "boys"  are  growing  old;  the  erect  and  stalwart  forms  are 
becoming  decrepit  and  rheumatic,  and  all  too  soon  the  places 
which  knew  us  will  know  us  no  more  forever.  W^e  must  give 
way  to  a  younger,  more  vigorous  generation,  whose  duty  it  will 
be  to  perpetuate  those  free  institutions  which  have  been  gained 
and  preserved  at  an  expense  of  countless  millions  of  treasure,  antl 
what  is  infinitely  greater,  a  sacrifice  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
precious  lives.  Hoping  that  what  he  has  written  mav  serve  to 
help  establish  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  will  come  after  us.  a  just 
appreciation  of  the    priceless    value   of  our   country's    institutions. 


94 


HISTORT  OF  THE 


the  writer  will  now    t;ike   liis   lea\  c    and    liid    the    patient  reader  a 
heartfelt  adieu. 

CON'IINIATION     OI'    APPENDIX. 

ll  will  he  noticed  In'  the  reader  that  the  rosters  of  companies 
E  and  (J  contain  no  record  of  men  wounded  while  in  service, 
antl  are,  therefore,  so  far  incomplete;  ;i  fact  which  no  one  regrets 
more  than  myself,  and  the  reason  wherefjf  T  will  try  to  explain  to 
the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  In  compiling' the  various  rosters 
of  companies  1  ha\  e  depended  on  memhers  of  each  companv  to 
furnish  a  record  of  each  company's  service,  and  was  thus  cnahled 
to  compile  rosters  more  or  less  complete  of  se\en  ct)mpanies,  as 
puhlished  in  this  w'ork.  Much  time  and  lahor  had  heen  spent  in 
the  attempt  to  get  rosters  of  the  other  three,  hut  without  avail. 
So,  as  the  time  approached  when  it  hecame  necessar\-  to  put  the 
work  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  I  went  to  the  office  of  the 
Adjutant  (jcneral  at  Columhus.  where  1  had  full  access  to  the 
rect)rds.  ami  enjoN  ed  the  courtesv  and  assistance  of  the  Adjutant 
General  and  his  assistants,  so  1  got  the  three  remaining  rosters, 
hut  found  the  records  of  se\  eral  of  the  companies,  including  E 
and  (j.  had  made  no  mention  of  wounds  received.  After  my  ar- 
rival home  1  wrote  again  to  memhers  of  those  companies  for  lists 
of  the  wountletl  in  each,  hut  ha\e  as  yet  recei^■ed  no  answer. 
Now.  with  the  t\  pe  nearly  all  set  up,  and  the  work  ready  to  go  to 
press.  I  am  unable  to  supply  the  deficiency,  which  I  deeply  regret, 
but  with  no  means  at  hand  of  rectifying.  Deeming  this  explana- 
tion due  to  members  of  those  two  companies,  and  still  more  so  as 
an  excuse  for  m\  self.  I  subscribe  myself  yours  in  F.  C.  and  L.. 

XkL.    A.    PiXNEV. 

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lOO  HISTORY  OF  THE 


ROSTER   OF  CO.  A. 


C  apt  at)  I. 

Stcrl,  Oscar  W.,  pruiiioted  to  major,   Fel)riiar\.    1863:   lieuten- 
ant colonel,  iVugust,  1863;  colonel,  Auy^ust    14,  1864.     Mus- 
tered out  with  regiment. 
First  Lieutenant. 

Kelley,  George  V^.,  promoted  to  captain,  February,  1863;    cap- 
tured  rebel  battle   flag   at  Franklin,  Tenn.,   November  30, 
1864. 
Second  Licjitcnant. 

Johnson,  William,  M.,  resigned,  P^ebruary,  1863. 
First  Sergeant. 

Vanderhoof,   Orson    G.,  promoted  to  second  lieutenant,  April, 
1863;  first  lieutenant,    August,    1863;   captain,  company  B, 
August,  1864. 
Second  Sergeant. 

Si  ess,   Josiah    B.    D.,   promoted   to  first    sergeant.    May,  1863; 
second   lieutenant,   August,  1S63:    first  lieutenant,  August, 
1864. 
Third  Sergeant. 

Perkey,   Charles,  promoted  to  first   sergeant,    August,    1863: 
second  lieutenant,  August,  1864. 
Fourth   Sergeant. 

Bleaks,  William,   killed  near  Fort  Mitchell,  Ky.,  September  6, 
1862. 
Fifth  Sergeant. 

Sager,    Benjamin    F.,  promoted    through  each '  grade    to  sec- 
ond sergeant. 
Corporals. 

1.  Hanks,   George   W.,  promoted  to  third   sergeant;  died    in 

Cleveland,  Tenn.,  May  10,  1864. 

2.  Porter,  John  N.,   promoted  through  each  grade  to  second 

sersjeant. 


KUTII  REGIMEXT.  lOi 

Corporals. — Contiiuicd. 

3.  Tritehart.    Jacol).    promoted    throiifjii    each    tirade    to    first 

sci"<(cant. 

4.  Siuxlj^rass.    William,    promoted  to  corporal.  Aii<^iist,    1863; 

dischai(;c'd.  .\ii<;ust.  186.4. 
V     Dice,  William  1)..  detailed    in    ciiL(ineer   I)attalit)ii,  zy\  army 
corps,  Au^^ust,  1863. 

6.  Urban,  Jacol)   M.,   promoted   throuj^h   each   grade    to   third 

sergeant. 

7.  Shcaffer,  Israel  J.,  detailed  in  cornet  hand. 

8.  Zehring,   Augustus,  transferred  to  veteran   reserve  corps. 

June  3,  1863. 
Afitsicians. 

Koonse,  ]^enjamin  F.,  detailetl  headcjuarters  cook.  Company  A. 
Musser,  Jerome  J.,  detailed  cook  for  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jordan. 
Wagoner. 

Beard.  Otho  II. 
Privates. 

^Vdams,  I)a\id. 

Allen,  James,  discharged  August,  1863. 

Anderson,  Joseph  F. 

Ax,  Isaac. 

Bash,  Jacol)  F.  ^ 

Becker,     Lewis     F.,     stunned     by    explosion     of    a     shell     at 

Columbia,  Tenn.,  November  39,  1864. 
Bender,  Wm.  H.,  captured  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6.  1864; 

released  May,  1865. 
liender,  John  L. 
liernower,  Charles  W. 

iieard,  Adam  A.,  company  headquarters  cook. 
Bliler,  Charles  W.,  left  sick  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,   ALirch,  1864. 
fiowers,  Isaac,  detailed  as  teamster,  September,  1862. 
Bulger,    Samuel,    captured   near  Danville,   Ky.,    1863;  paroled; 

promoted  to  corporal,    1865. 
lirunibaugh,  Samuel,  discharged  August,  1863. 
Jirown.     William,    deserted     in    May,     1863,     while    home  on 

furlough. 
Clapper,  Theodore  P.,   stunned  by  exploding  shell  at  Columbia, 
,  Tenn.,  November  29,  1864;  captured  near  Smithville,  N.  C, 

May.  1865. 
Cole.  Howard  L..  detailed  as  rcijimental  teamster. 


102  H/STORr  OF  THE 

Privates. — Contimicil. 

Collar,  James. 

Coil,  Rcnjaniin  F. 

Cook.  Oscar,  ilischarged  Aujijust.  1S63. 

Deatcr,  Samuel,  promoted  to  corporal  March.  1863;  wounded  at 
Dallas;  Ga.,  May  2^,   1864. 

Denious,  George,  died  in  Frankfort,  Kv.,  ^larch  4,  1863. 

Dod,  John,  detailed  as  teamster  December,  1863. 

Edgington,  Isaac. 

Edward,  John,  discharged  June.  1863. 

Evans,  llenrx    D.,   killed    at   Columbia,    Tenn..    November    29, 

1864. 
■  Fogel.  George,  detailetl  engineer  battalion.  23d  armv  corps. 

Foster,   William  \V..   promoted  to  corporal.   August,  1863;    re- 
iluced  Xt)vember,  1863. 

Gannanne.  John  A.,  detailed  orderly  to  Colonel  Reilly. 

Garman,    William,   detailed     in    engineer    battalion,    J3d    army 
<:orps. 

Gramer.  Charles,  tletailed  provisional  orderlv.  Washington, D.C. 

Grable,  Jerome,  detailed  mail  carrier.  May.    1865. 

Harry.  Silas  C. 

Havs,  James,  detailed   in  engineer  battalion.  23d    army  corps; 
died  at  Decatur,  Ga.,  September,  1864. 

Hausberger,  Isaiah,  promoted  to  corporal.  January.  1864:   ser- 
geant, ^lav,  i86v 

Hipshur,  Massam. 

Houser,  David,  died  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ky.,  June  4,  1863. 

Houser,    George,    killed    at    Franklin,    Tenn.,    November  30, 
1864. 

Hughes,   John  J.,    detailed     brigade    provost     guard,     March, 
1S65.  '  '  ^ 

Kahler.  Jonas,  detailed  cook  for  Colonel  Sterl;  captured  and  re- 
leased September,  1864. 

Kanagv.    Joseph,    promoted     to    corporal,     September,     1864; 
wounded  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November  30.  1S64. 

Klenfelter.  William,  discharged  June,  1863. 

Krug,  Daniel,  promoted  to  corporal,  September,  1864. 

Lamberson.    Daniel,    killed    November    29,  1S64,   at  Columbia, 
Tenn. 

Linn,    David,    promoted   to  corporal.  October.  1863:    wounded 
near  Kingston,  (ia..  June.  1864. 


III.',///  Jil-y./MEXT.  lO-^ 

Privates. — Continued. 

La\vrcnce.  Jacob,  hu^kr.  (k-lailcd  in  ccjrnct  band. 

Malonc,  John  II..  wounded  at  Dallas,  (ja..  Ma\-  28.  1864: 
died  February  4.  1865. 

Maitin.  Francis  M..  prcjinoled  to  corporal,  Auj^usl,  1863: 
woundetl  near  I't.  Anderson,  X.  C.,  February  18,  1865. 

Manderbur<^b,  Henry. 

McClure,  fames,  (liscbarL^ed  December,  1862. 

Men  den  ball,  Henderson. 

()r\vi<;,  Jesse,  deserted  December.  1862.  at  (ieorL(eto\vn.  K\  . 

Perbamus,  Stepben  H. 

Pontias,  Isaac,  transferred  to  \  eteran  reserve  corps,  July,  186-^. 

Porter,  fosiab,  discbari^x'd.  l"ebruar\',  186:;,  died  soon  after- 
ward. 

Rbodcs,  George  \\'..  discbarged.  May  1863, 

Rusb.  Jacob,  captured  and  j^aroled,  Marcb,  1864.  and  attain. 
May,  1865. 

Rutter,  Hugh,  died  April  12,  1863. 

Seiler  Cvrus.  detailed  quarter-master  clerk,  ist  brigade,  3d  di- 
\  ision,  23d  armv  corps. 

Seiler.  William,  promoted  to  corporal.  August,  1863:  wounded 
June  14,  1864;  died    August.  1864.    near  Kingston,  Ga. 

Sbank.  Win.  C,  wounded  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November.  30. 
1864. 

Sbantz,  George,  killed  at  L  tov  Creek,  Ga.,  .Vugust  6.  1864. 

v*^bull.  Hiram  H..  promoted  to  corporal,  September,  1864;  stunned 
h\  exploding  sbell  at  Columbia,  Tenn..  November  29,  1S64. 

Smith,  Christian. 

Smith,  Eli. 

Solan,  John  L.,  killed  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,  November  29,  1S64. 

Starer,  Simon  S..  detailed  company  cook,  1862,  teamster, 
June,  1863. 

Steese,  Samuel,  detailed  hospital  nurse,  February  1863. 

Stonebrook,  Alexander. 

Sw'an,  Lilburn  D.,  detailed  on  special  service,  November.  1862. 

Urban,  Jonas,  detailed  in  ambulance  corps. 

Lrban,  Joseph,  detailed  teamster.  November,  1862. 

Weil,  Adam,  died  at  Frankfort.  Ky..  March  28,  1863. 

Weinshimer,  Henry,  woimded  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1864. 

Weston.  ,\.dam  .\. 


I04 


HIS  TORT  OF  THE 


Pi-'ivates. — Continued. 

Whetstone,  Allen  iS.,   commissioned   captain  of  Kentucky  bat- 
tery. 
Wise,  Emanuel,  promoted  to  corporal,  June,  1864. 
Wolfsberger,  George  H. 
Yant,  I^eander  B. 

Yerick,  Jefterson,   died    at   Danville,   Ky..   February  28,   1863. 
Yerick.  I^evvis. 

RECRUITS. 

Bchimer,  Freeman,  transferred  from  i6th  Kentucky  to  104th  O. 
V.  I.,  January,  1864. 

Touslev,  Joseph  C,  transferred  from  2d  O.  \'.  C.  to  104th  O. 
V.  I.,  January,  1864. 

Sprinkle.  Conrad,  died  on  the  way  to  join  the  regiment. 

Dagv,  Calvin,  deserted. 

Raft',  Eldwin,  wounded  at  Columbia,  Tenn,  November  38,  1864. 

Bender,  Hiram. 

Fording,  Miller. 

Fraise,  J'^cob. 

Baker,  Philip. 

Henry,  John. 

Raft;  Benton. 

Shadley.  John. 

Yant,  Lewis. 

Company  A  was  raised  in  the  vicinity  of  Massillon,  Ohio,  with 
Oscar  W.  Sterl  as  captain,  who  rose  to  be  colonel  of  the  regiment. 
Company  A  was  with  the  regiment  and  took  an  honorable  and 
important  part  in  all  the  marches,  battles,  sufterings  and  triumphs 
of  the  regiment  throughout  the  war,  and  was  mustered  out  at 
Greensboro.  North  Carolina,  June  17.  1865. 


W^  Til  RE  G I  MEN  T. 


ROSTKR  Ol'^  CO.   li. 


Captain. 

Coatcs,  [esse  K..  i"csi<>;ne(l  on  jiccoiiiit  of  disalnlitx.  Xovcniher 
17,  1862. 
I^i rst  I^ieiitouDit. 

Perdue,  Franklin  A.,  detailed  in  ordnance  dej)artinent.  .Sep- 
tember 25,  1862;  promoted  to  captain,  November  17.  1862; 
reported  to  regiment  for  duty,  September  12,  1864;  trans- 
ferred to  ordnance  department  army  of  the  Ohio,  at  Camp 
Nelson,  Ky.,  September  13,  1864. 
Second  Lieutenant. 

So'uthworth,  Andrew  J.,  promoted  to  captain,  January  9.  1864; 
accidently  killed  by  fallin;^- tree,  near  East  Point,  (ia..  Auj^ust 
16,  1864. 
Seroeants. 

1.  Nelson,  William  J.,  promoted  to  second  lieutenant.  Novem- 

ber   17,    1862;    detailed   in    division    ammunition    train, 
April,  1864. 

2.  Chesholm,  Robert  J.,  reduced  tf)  ranks  for  cowardice.  June 

6,  1864. 

3.  Triem,     Philip,   jiromoted   to    first    seroeant.   Se])tember  8, 

1S64. 

4.  Coatcs,   ()li\er  R.,    died   of  erysipelas,    at    Lexington.  Kv., 

April  5,  1S63. 
3.     Baber,  Thomas  J. 
Corporals. 

1.  Stackhouse.    Owen,   promoted  to  sergeant.    April   ^    '8^.^; 

slightly   wounded   at   Franklin,  Tenn..    November    30, 
18c  4. 

2.  vSpangler.  John  L.,  detailed  companv  clerk,  December.  1863; 

l^romoted  to  sergeant.  June  6,  1864. 

3.  Gaskill,  Thomas  B.,  reduced  to  ranks,  Jamiarv  1,  1864. 

4.  Haw  le\,  Ciceio.  promoted  to  sergeant.  September  8.  1864. 


io6  i/ IS  TOR}-  OF  THE 

Corporals. — C  on  ti  n  ucd . 

V     CorrcU,  Thomas  H.  B..   commissioned   first  lieutenant,  tirst 
U.  S.  C.  II.  A.,  March  23,  1864. 

6.  Bixler,  Benjamin    W.,  detailcil    in    enoincer   liattalimi.  j  ulv 

17,  1S63. 

7.  \'ick,  Henry,  promoted  to  first  sergeant,  November  1  7,  iS^j  ; 

promoted  to  second  Heutenant,  September  7.  iSh^.  and 
assigned  to  Compan\  I);  promoted  to  tirst  lieutenant. 
February,  1865;   and  returned  to  Company  B. 

8.  Beight,  Isaac  N. 
J^rivatcs. 

Acker,  Frankhn. 

Adams,  Thomas  R.,  capturetl  and  paroled  near  Lancaster, 
Ky.,  March  z^,  1863;  detailed  clerk  at  regimental  head- 
quarters, ^lay,  1864;  detailed  clerk  department  head- 
quarters, armv  of  North  Carolina,  March  5.  186^ 

Acker,  Jacob,  captured  and  paroled  near  Lancaster.  Ky.. 
March,  1863. 

Barker,  William  H.,  captured  and  paroled  near  Lancaster. 
Ky.,  March  25.  1863. 

Barnett,  John. 

Bates,  David. 

Barnes,  Thomas  \.,  promoted  to  corporal.  November.  17. 
1862. 

Beltz,  David,  detailed  teamster,  23d  Corps  headtjuarters.  March. 
1864. 

Betzenhouser,  Westlw  recruit,  joined  the  company  March, 
1864. 

Bender,  Thomas  F.,  recruit,  joined  the  company  April.  1864. 

Clemens,  Alfred,  detailed  as  guard  at  3d  division  ammunition 
train,  April  22,  1865. 

Clark,  Elias  J.,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn..  of  chronic  diarrhea. 
January  16,  1864. 

Conrad,  Simon  P.,  detailed  guard,  3d  division  ammunition 
train,  March  13,  1864. 

Coy,  George  W.,  recruit,  joined  the  company  February  27, 
1864,  at  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Davis,  Albert  W.,  recruit,  joined  the  company  April  21,  1864, 
at  Bull's  Gap,  Tenn. 

Denious,  Oliver  R.,  detailed  company  bugler.  April.  1863;  bri- 
gade bugler,  May  9,  1S64. 


ui'iTii  ]iE<,i.\rExr.  u)~ 

Privates. — Continued. 

Dennis,  l^riah,  wounded  ne;n"    Kenesaw    Mountain,    (ja..    June 

iS,   iSf).^:   died  tVoni  his  wound.  J  une  iS,   iS6.|. 
I)()U<2,lieitv,  William   T..  reeruit.    joined  tiie  eonipan\    .\pril  z\, 

1S64.  at  Bull's  (iap.  Tenn. 
I'rance,    Daniel.   detaile<l  as  hlaeksmitli     in    en<^ineer  liattalioii. 

23d  ainn' corps.  April  4,  1S64. 
I'owler.  Thomas  C.,  promoted  to  coiiJoial.  September  S.  iS6j: 

detailed  at  brigade  heathpiarters.  March  7,  1S64. 
(Jaskill,  Joseph  (?..  ])romoted  to  corporal,  January  i.  1S64. 
(ioro-as,  Nathaniel  J.,  promoted  to  corporal.  July   13.  1864. 
(jushard,  Tobias. 
I  laafj,  Ilaag. 
Haag,  Jones. 
Haag,  Samuel,  died  while  at  home  on  sick  furloui^h.  December 

13,  1864. 
Haines,   Elias,   accidentally  shot    olV  a   linger  at  Fort  Mitchell. 

K\-.,    September    11.    i86j:    deserted  from    Lexington.   K\.. 

December  2c),  1862. 
Ilalebaugli,  Joseph,  died  at    Lexington.  Ky..   of  apo))lex\.  Xo- 

\  ember  38,  1862. 
llaxinan,   Creorge.    killed     at    I-"ranklin.     Tenn..    Xo\eml»er   30, 

1 864. 
Havman.    Thomas,    promoted    to    corporal    al     Chattahoochee 

River.  July  13,  1864. 
Ilavman,  William. 
Heacock.    John    F..   slightlv    wounded    at    Fort    Mitchell.   K\.. 

September  ii,  1862. 
lIooNcr.    Abraham,    died    ot"    chronic    diarrhea    at    Knox\ille, 

Tenn..  April  3,  1864. 
Iloo\er.  Philip. 
Ilooxer.  Samuel,  deserted  from    Richmond.  Ky..  I^ecember  29. 

1862. 
Hostetter.  Ephraim,  slightlv   w  oundeil  al  Franklin.  Tenn..  X^o- 

vember  30,  1864. 
Hurford,  Xicholas. 
Jackson.  John  H. 
Jannett,  vStephen. 
Johnson,    Johnson,  died  of  t\  phoid  fever  at   Mt.    \'ernon,  Ky.. 

June  8,  1863. 
Koiiler.  William  IL 


lo8  UISTORV  OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 

Kuntz.   Wibur  F..   promoted    to  corporal   at  ]\It.  \'ernon.   K\., 

June  6,  1883. 
Kensla,  Patrick,  recruit  for  one   year;  joined   the   company   at 

Alexandria,  Va.,  February  3,  1865. 
Lantz,  George  W. 
Leapard,  George  W. 
Little,  William. 
Markel,    John,    discharged     for    disabilit\'    at   T^ancaster,   Ky., 

April  9,  1863. 
Martin,  David,   deserted  from   Richmond,    Ky.,   December  29, 

1863. 
Mason,  Richard,  discharged  at  Lexington,  K}  .,  April  13,  1863. 
Minnier,  Joseph,  died  of  erysipelas,  at  Frankfort,   Ky.,  March 

9,  1863. 
Munk,  Henry,   recruit  for  one    year;  joined    the   company   at 

Raleigh,  N.  C,  April  35,  1865. 
Myers,  John  O.,  recruit   for  one  year;  joined   the   company  at 

Goldsboro,  N.  C,  April  4,  1865. 
Myers,  William  O.,  recruit  for  one  year;  joined  the  company 

at  Goldsboro,  N.  C,  April  4,  1865. 
.  Nelson,  George  B.,  recruit  for  three  years;  joined  the  company 

at  Bull's  Gap,  Tenn.,  April,  1864. 
Nevvhouse,    David    B.,    promoted   to    corporal  December   34, 

1863;  wounded  in  head  at  Resaca,  Ga.,  May  15,  186;;. 
Sandals,    Asher,    detailed     teamster,    33d    armv     corps     head- 
quarters, March  i,  1864. 
Schooley,  George  W. 
Seely,  Levi. 
Slack,  Lewis  B. 
Snider,  John,  deserted    from    Richmond.   Ky.,    December   39, 

1863.' 
Snider,  William,  discharged  at  Richmond,  Ky.,  January  16,1863. 
Seacrist,  Peter,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky..   December  19.  1863,  of 

hernia. 
Shanefelt,  John. 
Smith,  William,   transferred  to  invalid  corps,  January  15,  1864, 

at  Camp  Nelson,  Ky. 
Smith,   William  W.,  wounded  in  arm  at  Dallas,  Ga.,  May  31, 

1864;   captured  at  Franklin,  Tenn..  November  30,  1864. 
Southworth,  Mortimer  M. 


lO.'iTIl  RECIMENT.  109 

Privates. — Continued. 

Spantjlcr,  |oseph.   disch;ir<4L'(l   tor  disability  at  I>L'\in<^ton.  K\ ., 

December  19,  1862. 
Stanibau<jb,  Albert  W. 
Stewart,  Josepb  (i. 
Stahl.  John  L.,  captured  on   skinnish   line   at    I'ranklin.   Tenn., 

November  30,  1864. 
Stephenson,  jobn  W. 
Stratton,  (jeor<:je  W. 
Spellman,  William  O.,    transfeired   to   invalid    corps   at    Cam)) 

Nelson,  Ky..  January  32,  1864. 
Tao-crart,    John,   discharged   tor   disability   at    Lexinj^ton.    Ky., 

January  15,  1863. 
Taylor,    William,    severely    wounded   through   the     bowels   at 
Fort  Mitchell,  Ky.,  September  11,  1862;  discharged  at  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  March  16,  1863. 
VVaker,  Hiram. 
Walker,  Walter  R..  wound  in  right   hand   at    I'ranklin.  Tenn.. 

November  30,  1864. 
Walker,    William,    wounded     in    thigh    at    Utoy    Creek.    Ga., 

August  6,  1864. 
Warner,  Frederick. 
Warner,  George. 
Wearstler,  Jonas. 
Whitaker,  Robert  B. 

Whitmire,  Monroe,  wounded  in  hand  at  Franklin.  Tenn..  No- 
vember 30,  1864. 
Zentz,    Adam,  transferred  to  invalid   corps   at  Cincinnati.  ()., 

1863. 
Zentz,  George  W. 

Company  B  was  raised  principally  in  the  portions  of  Stark 
and  Columbiana  counties  in  the  vicinity  of  AUiance.  Notw^ithstand- 
ino-  its  havino-  furnished  more  deserters  than  anv  other  companv 
in  the  regiment.  Company  B  was  ever  one  of  the  foremost  tor 
duty,  and  served  Avith  distinction  throughout  all  the  l)attles  and 
campaigns  in  w^hich  the  regiment  was  engaged,  and  was  always 
conspicuous  for  the  fine  appearance,  good  discipline,  and  soldierly 
bearing  of  officers  and  men. 


HlSrOin'  OF  THE 


ROSTER  OF  COMPANY   C. 


Captain. 

Sturgeon,  1  luji'h,  resigned ,    Fcl)niary    lo.    1S64.   at    Knoxvillc, 
Tcnn. 
First  Liciitciiani. 

Tap;<^art,  Robert  C,  promoted    to    captain.    I^\'l)ruary   12,  1864. 
Second  I^iciitcimiit. 

Kenibie,  William  F..  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant,  January  13, 
1864:   promoted    to   captain.    Se])tember    8,    1S64;  killed    at 
battle  of  l^'ranklin,  Tenn..  No\ember  30,  1864. 
First  Sergeant. 

Tui^i^art.    Tiiines   C.    promoted   to  second    lieutenant,  Alarch  9, 
1S64;    promoted    to    first    lieutenant.   November    30,    1864; 
sligbth   wounded    at    Franklin,  Tenn..  November    30,  1864. 
Second  Sergeant. 

(rilbert,  James  M.,  wounded  in  rio'bt    arm,  September  25,  1862; 

discbar<>-ed  December  11,  1862,  at  Cincinnati,  O. 
Zeigler,    Isaac,  promoted  to    first     sergeant,     Marcb    9,     1864; 

killed  at  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November  30,  1864. 
Lewis,     Stephen,    taken     prisoner    near    Marietta,    Ga.,   June, 
1864,  init  esca]5ed;    severel\-    wounded    at    Franklin.  Tenn., 
November  30,  1864. 
Orr,    Matthew    T.,    wounded    near   Atlanta,    Ca.,     August     7. 
1864;  wounded  at  battle  of  Old  Town   Creek.  N.C.,  Febru- 
ar\   20,  1864. 
Corporals. 

1.  Barton,    l)enjamin   M..    taken    pris<Mier    at    Danville.    Ky., 

Alarch  24,  1862,  and  parceled  and  exchanged;  wounded 
at  battle  of  Old  Town  Creek,  N.  C.  February  20,  1865. 

2.  Morris,  Henry  C. 

3.  Neville.  Levi,  transferred  to  \eteran  reser\  e  corps.  January 

15.    1S65. 

4.  Early,  John  M.,  discharged.  Jan.  14,  1863,  at  Richmond,  Ky. 


lui  77/  A'  /-;  (;  nriiNT.  1 1 1 

Corporals. — Ci)ntiinu'(l. 

:;.      J  hut.  W'ancn.  died  at  Frankfort.  Ky..  March  6.  iN6r^. 

6.  (iaston.  \\  illiani    II.,    severely    wounded   at   liattle    ot"  Old 

Tow  n  Creek,  X.  C.  I'\d)riiary  20,  186:^. 

7.  McCo\'.    Alexander,    promoted  to  ser<i;eant,    Fel)niarv    28, 

1S63:  promoted  to  first  ser<>^eant,  November  30.  1864. 

.S.      MeCaminoii.    [ohn  A.,    severeh     wounded     at     k'tanklin. 
Tenn..   .\o\  ember  30,  1S64. 
Miisic'uDis. 

I'.arK.  Samuel,  transt'enx'd  to  \eteran  rescrx  e  corj^s. 

Martin.  Alexander  R..  discharj^ed  at  Louis\ille.   K\..    Stptc-m- 
l)er  i().  1S64. 
Privates. 

Alhrij^ht.  l-'iiinan  S..  ]:)romote<l  to  corporal,    .Vu^ust    31.     1S64. 

.\/dell.  Andrew  II..  died  at  Camp  Dennison.  C).,  AuLjust  9, 
1 863. 

Azdell,  ]ames.  wounded  near  Dallas,  Cja.,  Mxiy  28,  1864.  and 
le;^  amputated.  Discharged  .August  20,  at  Camp  Denni- 
son. (). 

.V/.dcU.  ]ohn  Al..  ])romoted  to  corporal.  .Ma\'  18.  1865. 

Allen.  Cvrus.  discharged  AIa\    19,  i86-;.  at  Camp  Denni>on.  (). 

.Vlcorn,  \\  llliam  ( i. 

.Vrmstrong,  C.  B.,  detailed  as  teamster. 

Haker.  I'red  (J.,  captured  at  Danville,  K\..  March  24,  1863; 
paroled  and  exchanged. 

IJarnes,  George,  died  September  12,  1864. 

Bennett,  Bronson. 

Boozle,  John  A.,  promoted  to  corporal  June  6,  1863;  severelv 
wounded  at  Frankhn.  Tenn..  November  30.  1864;  discharg- 
ed May  17,  186:5. 

Burlingame.  Henry. 

Coie.  Samuel,  severeh'  woinuled  in  siege  of  Knox\  ille.  Tenn.. 
November  29,  1863;  died  in  Ohio,  March,  i86^. 

Connell.  William  A. .died  at  Crab  Orchard.  Ky.. August  27.  1863. 

Court,  Frederick. 

Crawford,  Charles  B. 

Crawford.  James  A.,  captured  near  .Vtlanta.  (ia.,  August.  1864; 
sent  to  Andersonville,  Ga.,  prison. 

Crawford,  John  M.,  promoted  to  corporal,  September  30,  1863; 
wounded  at  battle  of  Franklin.  Tenn..  November  30.  1864: 
wounded  at  Old  'I'own  Creek.  N.  C  Februarv  20.  186:;. 


112  HIS  TOR  2'  OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 

Crawford,  Latham.  discliarLi'cd  at  Knoxville.  Tcnn. 

Creighton,  James  II. 

Crum,  Jacob,  promoted  to  corporal,  January  28,  1S63,  ser- 
geant, Fcl)ruary  28,  1863. 

Davidson,  James  H.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

I)a\  is,  Henderson. 

Davis,  Joseph,  promoted  to  corporal,  March  9,  1864:  woiuuled 
at  Old  Town  Creek,  N.  C,  February  30,  1865. 

Dickey,  C.  B.,  wounded  near  Marietta,  Ga.,  June,  1864;  left 
arm  amputated;  discharged  April,  4,  1865. 

Eakin,  Samuel,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

i'^aulk,  Peter  R.,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  Januar}'  1,  1864. 

Fowler,  M.  V.  B.,  promoted  to  corporal,  May  1,  1865. 

(iaston,  James,  died  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ky.,  July  4,  1863. 

(jearv,  Thomas  M-,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  March  37,  1S63. 

Greenamyer,  Eli. 

Halleck,  Henry  W.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

Hawkins,  John,  died  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  February  3,  1863. 

Hindman,  J.  L.  T.,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  December  24,  1863. 

HolHnger,  Henry  J., died  at  Knoxville,Tenn., November  26,1863. 

Huston,  Harvey,  discharged  at  Richmond,  Kv.,  January  14. 
1863.    ^  _ 

Jamison,  Cornelius,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

Keener,  William  C,  died  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  January   37,    1863. 

Kinney,  James  M.,  wounded  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  1S63;  dis- 
charged at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  February  39,  1864. 

King,  Albert. 

Little,  George. 

Lyon,  Jacob  J.,  discharged  at  Richmond,  Ky.,  January  14,  1863. 

March,  Henry. 

Martin,  Emery. 

Martin,  William  H.  H.,  killed  at  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  No- 
vember 30,  1864. 

Mead,  Heman  D.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

Meek,  James,  wounded  at  battle  of  Old  Town  Creek,  N.  C, 
February  30,  186":^:  died  of  his  wounds  at  Baltimore,  Md., 
March  16,  1865. 

Meek,  Seth,  severely  wounded  at  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.. 
November  30,  1S64;  discharged  at  Camp  Dennison,  O,, 
May  19,  1865. 


104  TH  RE  GIMEN  T.  1 1  ^ 

Privates. — Continued. 

Mitchell,  William  W..  womulcd  at  battle  of  Franklin.  Tenn., 
November  30,  1864. 

Moon,  Geor<i^e  R. 

Moon,  Ilarvew 

Morris,  Samuel,  promoted  to  corporal,  March  13,  1S63. 

Moon.  Andrew  J.,  wounded  at  battle  of  Old  Town  Creek,  X. 
C,  February  20,  1865;  discharj^eil  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  Mav 
8,  1865. 

Musser,  Wilson  S. 

McCalla,  John  R.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

McCormick,  James  C,  wounded  at  battle  of  OUl  Town  Creek, 
N.  C,  Februarv  20,  186^ 

McCoy,  Alexander  C,  promoted    to    corporal,    April  9,    1864. 

McCoy,  Aaron,  severely  wounded  at  Old  Town  Creek,  X.  C, 
Febi  uar\-  30,  i86v 

McCoy,  Iluj^h,  wounded  near  Lost  Mountain,  Ga..  June  17, 
1S641  severely  woimded  at  Old  Town  Creek,  X.  C,  Feb- 
ruary 20.  1865;  discharg-ed  at  Alexander,  Va.,  June  3,  1863. 

McDevitt,  Austin,  severely  wounded  at  Old  Town  Creek,  X. 
C  Februay\-  20.  1865. 

McKnit^ht,  Joseph. 

]SIcLauohlin, Joseph,  \\ounded  in  rii^ht  hand  at  vSnow  Pond. 
Ky.,  1863;  discharged  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  January  23,  1863. 

Owens,  William  H. 

Faxon,  Luther  A. 

Piper,  Thomas. 

Routson,  John  vS.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 

Scroggs,  Joseph  J.,  mustered  out  to  accept  commission  in  col- 
ored regiment. 

Sebring,  John. 

Sebring,  Thomas. 

Spahr,  William  H. 

Stooksbury.  William  C,  promoted  to  corporal,  January  34, 
1863;  sergeant,  November  30,  1864;  wounded  at  Old  Town 
Creek,  X.  C,  February  20,  1865. 

Stough,  Charles,  promoted  to  corporal,  Xovember  30,  1864. 

Taggart,  John,  promoted  to  corporal,  January  7,  1863;  sergeant, 
March  9,  1864. 

Thorn,  John,  captured  at  Danville,  Ky.,  ^Lu•ch  24,  1863;  pa- 
roled; died  at  Columbus,  O.,  April  9,  1803. 


114 


Ills  TORI     OF  711 E 


Privates. — Continued. 
Trippcv.  Saniucl. 
N'anfussan.  .\ustiii. 
Wallace.   Thomas,    promoted    to    corporal.   January    39,  1S63; 

sergeant,  August  31,  1864;  killed  at  battle  of  Franklin.  Tenn., 

No\eniber  30,  1S64. 
Walters,  David  Y.,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn..  November  36,  1863. 
Whitworth.  John,  wounded  at  battle  of  Old   Town  Creek,  N. 

C,  FelM-uar\-  30.  186:^;  discharged   at    l>aUimore,   Md..  Alav 

9.  1S65. 
Williams.  I'riah,  captured  at    Danville.    K\'..    Tvlarch    24.  1863; 

paroled  and  exchanged. 
W\mer,  Ilenrv.  captured  near  Marietta,  (ja.,    lune.  1864;  died 

in  Antlersonville  prison. 
Wymer,  John,  died  at  Lexington,  Kv..  March  30,  1863. 
Yagala,  jVdam. 

KKCIUITS. 

Thomas.  I'riah.  transferred  to  183d  regiment,  O.  ^^  I.,  June  17, 

1865. 
Coolv,  Finle\',  transferred  to  r83d  regiment,   O.   ^'.  I..  June  17, 

1865. 
Latham,  James  !NL,  transferred  to  183d  regiment.  ().  W  L.June 

17,  1865. 
Henrv,  John,  transferreil  to  183d   regiment.  O.  \".    L,  June  17, 

1865". 
Flowers,  David,   transferred   to    183d    regiment.  O.  A'.  L.June 

17,  1865. 
Frazier,  James  G.,  transferred  to  183d  regiment,  ().  \^.  L.  June 

17,  1865. 
Morris,  .Solon    S.,  transferred   to    183d  I'egiment,  ().  \'.  L.June 

17,    1865. 
Lnderwood,  Jesse,  wounded  at  battle  of  Franklin.  Tenn..  Xo- 

veniber30,  1S64. 
L^nderwood,  Nathan,  tlied  at  Kingston,  (ja..  June  4.  1  S64. 
\^'alters,  Daniel,  died  at  Na.->hville,  Tenn..  ALiy  37,  18 ')4. 

jetLrexs,  John,  discharged  at  Camp    Dennison,  C)..  ALiy  19, 

'1865.  ■       '  ^ 

Note. — ^Januarv  7,  1864,  members  of  the  44th  O.  V.  L.  who  did 
not  re-enlist  as  \  eterans,  were  assigned  to  Company  C  and 
served  as  f()llo\\s: 


104  TH  R  E  aiMEX  T.  1 1  c 

Pirst  Serjeant. 

Tate.    William    II..  returned    to  Stli  ().  \'.  \'.  Ca\alr\-.  Aui^ust 

12.     1S64. 

Privates. 

Benson    E.   M..    returned  to  Sth   O.  ^'.  \'.  Ca\alr\.  August    u. 

.  1S64. 
Olwine,    John,    returned   to  Sth  O.  \'.  \'.  Ca\alr\-.  August   12. 

1S64.  ' 
Parker,  William  A.,  returned  to  8tli  ().  \ .  \ .  Ca\  ali\ ,  Au^^-ust 

12,  1864. 
Crai^,  I'rancis  M..  died   at   Knoxville,  Tenn..   March  27.  1864. 

Company  C  was  raised  in  the  extreme  eastern  portion  of 
Columliiana  county,  adjoining;  the  hamlet  of  East  Palestine.  The 
company  contained  a  large  proportion  of  Scottish  descent.  W^as 
the  first  companx  in  the  regiment  both  in  the  average  size  of  the 
men  and  in  mmierical  strength,  and  was  also  conspicuous  for  the 
good  discipline  and  soldierly  hearing  of  officers  and  men. 


Ii6  HISTORY  OF  THE 


ROSTER  OF  CO.  D. 


Captains. 

Horton,  Marcus  C,  killed  at  Dallas,  Ga.,  May  28,  1S64. 
Everhard,   Henry    H.,  transferred    from  Company   E,  Alay  28, 

1S64;  returned  to  Company  E,  August  i,  1864. 
Vanderhoff,  Orson  G.,  promoted  from  Company  A,  August  i, 

1864;  transferred  to  Company  — ,  September  i,  1864. 
Kimball  William  F.,  promoted  from  Company  C,  September  8, 

1S64;  killed  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November  30,  1864. 
Knapp,  Shepherd  M.,  promoted  from  Company  E,  January  6, 
1865;  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
/-It'st  Lieutenant. 

Booth,  Louis  D.,  honorably  discharged,  February  22,  1863. 
Second  Lieutenant. 

Tracy,  Edward  E.,  promoted  to  first  lieutenant,  February  27, 
1864;  wounded  in  chest  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6,  1S64; 
promoted  captain  Company  I,  January  4,  1S65;  detailed  aid- 
de-camp  to  General  Cox. 
Vick,  Henry,  promoted  from  Company  B,  August  19,  1S64; 
promoted  to  first  lieutenant,  and  returned  to  Company  B, 
May  6,  1865. 
First  Sergeant. 

Getter,  Aurea  F.,  discharged,  May  30,  1863. 
Second  Sergeant. 

Adams,  Origin,  promoted  to  first  sergeant,  May  30,  1863;  killed 
at  Peach  Tree  Creek,  Ga.,  July  20,  1864. 
Third  Sergeant. 

Messenger,  John  D.,  promoted   to   second  sergeant,   Ma}''   30, 
1863;  first  sergeant  July  20,   1864;  reduced   to  second   ser- 
geant, and  detailed  clerk   at  headquarters,    3d  division,  23d 
army  corps,  January,  1865. 
Fourth  Sergeant. 

Reynolds,  Linus  T.,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  April  19,  1S63. 


lO.'f  Til  ]i  E  a  I  MEN  T.  I  I  - 

T'iftJi  Scriicaiit. 

Whitinorc,  William    F..  rcduLcd    to   the    rauk'~    for   straj^<i;lin<^ 
Au_<;-ust  13.  K^^>3- 
Corporals. 

1.  La/.anis,  Caleb,   died,  1864. 

2.  Wilson.  Isaac  G.,  promoted  to    sergeant.   iSr)-^;   detailed    in 

color   (i^uard,  January.  1S64:    wounded    in  heel.  May  14. 
1864,  at  Resaca,  Ga. 
-5.      Mills,   Albert    W.,    transt'ei'ved    to    cornet    band.    l'"ebruary, 
1864. 

4.  Elliot,  Lvman  L.,  dischart^ed,  July  27.  1863. 

5.  Thompson,  William    M.,  promoted    to    sergeant.  January. 

1864. 

6.  vSpenccr,  Edgar  D..  promoted  to  sergeant.  April.  1864. 

7.  Harrington.  Edgar  O..  transferred  to  color  guard.  Novem- 

ber. 1863. 

8.  I'aine.  Otis  B. 
Mits'iciaiis. 

Shepard,  Elihu  X..  Hfer,  discharged.  June  22.  1863. 

Phillips,  William  L.,  drummer. 

Severance,    William,    drummer,    transferred    to    cornet    band. 

August  I,  1863. 
Foster,  Artemas  ]>..  bugler,  transferred  to  cornet  band.  August 
'   I,  1863. 
Privates. 

.Vrbuckle.    William,    died,    December    20.    1863.  at   Knowille. 

Tenn. 
Ball,  Charles  II.,  detailed  teamster.  3ddi\ision.  23(1  army  corps. 
Bancroft.  Willard. 
Barton,  ^\^arren  D..    detailed  in    engineer    battalion.    iy\  army 

corps. 
Beardsley.  Edmund   T. 
Brock,  John  A. 
Button,  Alfred  H.,  detailed    teamster.    3d    di\ision.    iT^d    arm\ 

corps, 
layers,  Joseph,  died  in  Atwater.  O.,  spring  of  1863. 
Camp.  Charles  C.  discharged,  spring  of  1863. 
Carrol.   Richard,  detailed    headcjuarters    clerk.  3d  di\  ision.  23d 

arm\-  corps. 
Chandler.  Adolphus  X. 
Chapman.  Ilenrw  died  at  Lexington.  Ky..  April  5.  1863. 


llS  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 

Chapniiin,  Th(jnias  C. 

Clark,  Edward  P.,  promoted  to  sergeant,  1S63:  first  sergeant, 
1865. 

Clark,  [ohn  F.,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  April  ^,  1S63. 

Cline,  William. 

Cox,  Luinan  C,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  January  15,  1864. 

Craig,  William,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  January  3i,  1863. 

Crubaugh,  Zephaniah,  slightly  wounded  near  Marietta,  Ga., 
June  19,  1S64. 

Earl,  Albert  J.,  discharged,  March  35,  1864. 

Entrikin,  Brintin,  discharged,  November  8,  1862. 

Evans,  John,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  January  4,  1864. 

Fenn,  Richard  B. 

Fitzpatrick,  James,  killed  near  Dallas,  Ga.,  May  28,  1864. 

Fitzpatrick,  William,  promoted  to  corporal,  June,  1863;  ser- 
geant, August,  1863;  reduced  to  ranks  for  insubordination, 
December,  1863. 

Fram,  William. 

Gano,  Miles  O.,  discharged,  October  5,  1863. 

Green,  Henry  J. 

Griffith,  John,  promoted  to  corporal,  December,  1863;  sergeant. 
May,  1S64. 

Hiltabidel,  George  A.,  died,  1863. 

Hindman,  Jerome  B.,  detailed  wagon-master,  23d  army  corps, 
1S64. 

Holcomb,  LaFayette,  discharged,  March,  1864. 

Hoskin,  George  A.,  died,  October  12,  1864. 

Hudson,  Henry  C,  discharged,  April  i,  1864. 

Hunt,  John. 

Johnson,  Alfred  A.,  discharged,  January  10,  1863. 

Johnson,  Levi  O.,  discharged,  February,  1864. 

Jones,  Benjamin,  killed  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6,  1864. 

Kelly,  John  A.,  discharged,  September  19,  1S64. 

Kirkbride,  Ferdinand,  promoted  to  corporal,  April,  1S64. 

Lewis,  W^illiam  H. 

Lyon,  Thomas,  J.,  discharged,  January  10,  1863. 

Miller,  John. 

Milligan,  Aaron  J.,  died,  April  1=^,  1863. 

Mills,  Augustus  R.,  promoted  to  captain  in  colored  regiment, 
1864. 


lOJfTII  REGIMENT.  u 


9 


Privates. — L'ontiniK'd. 

Mills,  Fraiil<lin  R..  promoted  to  corporal.  April.  1S64:  scrjijcant, 
February,  1865. 

Mitchell,  Joseph,  deserted  tVoni  i^ieliinoiid,  K\..  December  29, 
1S62:  returned  under  President's  proclamation.  1S64:  cap- 
tured at  I'^ranklin.  Tenn..  Novembei"  30.  1S64. 

Mowen,  Iliiam   H..    died  at    K  now  ille,  Tenn..    Aujj^ust  6,  1864. 

Mowen,  Oliver  1*.,  dischar^-ed,  No\ember  8,  1862. 

Porham,  Albion,  mortally  wounded  at  I'toy  Creek,  (ia., 
August  6.   1864;    died,  August  7,   1864. 

Pettit,  William  M.,  detailed  in  ent^-ineer  Itattalion.  lyX  ai'my 
corps. 

Phi]li])s.  William  1>..  wounded  in  liand  at  Lancaster,  Ky.,  April 
3d,  1863. 

Pinnev,  Nelson  A.,  wounded  in  shoulder  at  I  to\  Creek,  (ja., 
August,  6.  1864. 

Pinnev,  Smith,  wounded  in  wrist  at  Franklin,  Tenn..  \o\  em- 
ber 30,  1864. 

Reagan,  Allen,  captured  at  Utoy  Creek,  (ja.,  August  6,  1864; 
died  of  starvation  in  Andersonville  prison. 

Roes,  Thomas,  died  at  Kingston,  Tenn.,  February  20,  1864. 

Rees,  William,  died  at  Co\  ington,  Ky..  April  26,  1863. 

Reeves,  Charles  C. 

Rice,  Lane,  transferred  to  in\alid  corps,  1864. 

Rickseckcr,  John  11..  captured  flag  of  i6th  Alabama  at  Frank- 
lin, Tenn.,  November  30,  1864. 

Roberts,  John  R.,  struck  by  piece  of  shell  at  Resaca.  (ia..  May 
14,   1864. 

Roberts,  John  \V\,  slighth  wounded  near  Dallas,  (ia..  May  27, 
1864;  shot  through  bo^vels,  near  Eastpoint,  Ga..  August  18, 
1864. 

Rogers,  Clement  L. 

Ryan,  Michael. 

Supp,  John  F.,  discharged  about  November  1,  1864. 

Seamans,  Oscar  B. 

Selby,  Hiram  B.,  died  at  Windham,  O.,  November,  7.  1864. 

Shaw,  Jonathan  T.,  discharged,  February  20,  1S64. 

Smith.  Judson,  promoted  to  C()rpt)ral.  April,  1864. 

Sparry,  William  L..  promoted  to  corporal.  January.  1S64;  ser- 
geant, iS6i^. 

Spencer,  Samuel,  died  at  Knowille.  Tenn..  January  9,  1864. 


f30  HIS  TORI'  OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 
Stocum.  Benjamin  F. 
Sitlli\an,  janies    M.,  deserted  from  Richmond.  K\.,  Decefnbei' 

39.    1864. 
Sweet.  Milton  C. 

Tupper.  James  A.,  (.lischarged,  June  22,  1863. 
Walton.  Jonathan,  dischars^ed,  July  31,  1863. 
White.  David,  Jr. 

Williams,  Shadrach,  died  at  Covington.  Ky..  April  30,  1863. 
Withers.  George,  died  at  Nelson,  O.,  about  Xo\ember,  1863. 
Wolcott.  Frederic. 
^'eaglev.  Henrv,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn..    Februar\'    3i,  1S64. 

KPX'Hl'irS. 

Cliaffee.  Nelson,  wounded  in  lungs  at  Little  Kenesaw,  Ga.,  June 

19.    1864. 
Payne,  James. 

Daniels,  Henry  ISL,  attached  to  cornet  band. 
'I'ompkins.  Alatthias. 

Compan\-  D  was  raised  in  the  northern  and  eastern  portions 
of  Portage  countv,  served  with  great  credit  throughout  all  the 
campaigns  and  battles  in  which  the  regiment  was  engaged.  Com- 
pany D  was  particularly  remarkable  in  the  large  fatality  among 
the  officers.  Captain  M.  C.  Ilorton  was  the  first  officer  in  the 
regiment  killed  in  battle.  A  commission  as  second  lieutenant  had 
arrived  for  the  excellent  orderly  sergeant,  Origin  Adams,  but  he 
never  lived  to  see  it.  Heroic  William  F.  Kimball,  who  fell  so  bravely 
at  the  head  of  Companv  C,  had  just  been  commissioned  captain 
of  Compan\-  D,  and  Lieutenant  E.  E.  Tracy,  twice  wounded,  was 
also  of  Compan^■  D. 


KUTIf  RE(rlMEM\ 


121 


r()stp:r  oi'  CO.  k 


Captain . 

I)aliiic'\.  Andrew  J.,  di^char^c-d,  Xox  cmhci"   3,  1^(^)3.    to  accept 

pioinolion  as  Coluncl  of  the  2(1  X.  L".  Int'antrx. 
Kverhai'd.  Ilcnrv  H.,  promoted   Hrst   lieutenant,  Ajjril  7.  1S64: 
captain.  vSepteniber  14.  1864. 
First  Lieittcnaitt. 

Ricks,  Au<i"ustus  J.,  promoted  to  caj^tain  and  assigned  to  Com- 
pany F.  April  iS,  1864. 
Knapp,    Shepherd   M.,    promoted    to    captain    and  assigned  to 

Company  D,  Fel)ruarv  10,  i86v 
Cope,  Samuel  S.,  promoted  from  Compain  V  to  Hrst  lieutenant 
Compan\-  E,  Febrnarv  23,  186^ 
Second  I^iciitciiant. 

Perkey.  Charles  A.,  promoted  from  Com])an\-  .V  to  2d  lieuten- 
ant Company  E.  September  8,  1S64. 
First  Sergeant. 

Martin,  \ .  Deming,  mustered  out  with  company. 
Seco  n  d  Se  rgca  u  /, 

Bahhey,  Isaac  S..  mustered  out  witli  com])an\ . 
Third  Sergeant. 

Hicks,  Joseph,  mustered  out  with  conipaiu'. 
Fonrth  Sergeant. 

Bomberger,  Adam,  mustered  out  w  ith  com])an\ . 
Fifth  Sergeant. 

Peters.  Samuel  R..  mustered  out  \yith  compan\  . 
Corporals. 

1.  Lind.  James  W'..  mustered  out  with  com])an\  . 

2.  Higginbotham,  Charles,  nuistered'out   with  comi^anv . 

3.  Reinohl.  Hiram,  mustered  out  with  compan\  . 

4.  McLain.  Charles  L.,  mustered  out  with  compan\. 
V      Borner  John,  mustered  out  with  compaiu  . 


122  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

Corporals. — Continued. 

6.  Lcrch,  Thomas,   nnistcrcd  out    at    McDouj^all  ^x-ncral  hos- 

pital, June  I,  1S65. 

7.  Coons,  WiUiani.  mustered  in  as   sergeant,    rechiced   to  cor- 

porah 

8.  Devies,  Ik'niwell.  mustered  out  \vith  company. 
Mftsiciai/s. 

Ricks,  Theodore,  mustered  out  w  itli  company. 

Flyherger,  jVnthon\',  mustered  out  with  company. 
Wai^oiicr. 

Downer.  )onathan,  mustered  <jut  with  company. 
Privates. 

Hear,  John,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Beittle,  George,  mustered  out  at  Knoxville,  Tenn..  June  20,  1S65. 

Bowen,  Jeremiah,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Boneberger,  Cyrus,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Burnett,  Giles,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Crass,  Freeman,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Eisenzimer,  John,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Garver,  Charles,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Gephart,  George,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Gottshall,  David,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Herring,  Jacob,  mustered  out  as  corporal. 

Hackman,  Horace,  mustered  out  with  com])any. 

Hackman,  George,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Hewpexlv,  David,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Hershey,  Joseph,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Hitz,  Jacob,  mustered    out  at  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  June  22,  1S65. 

Higerd,  Jacob,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Hissner,  Adam  J.,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Hoover,  Amos,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Kessal,  Andrew,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Kaoutz.  Jacob,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Levers,  Isaac,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Lind,  John  H.,  mustered  out  with  company. 

McKee,  William,  mustered  out  at  Columbus  O.,  June   19,  1S65. 

Mell,  George  M.,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Pemberthy,  John,  mustered  out  at  Beaufort,  N.  C.  June  5,  1S65. 

Phillips,  Henry  E.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Race,  George  C,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Ralston,  William  R.,  mustered  out  with  company. 


lO.'iTII  REdlMEXT.  I20 

/';'/:v)'A'.v.— ContinuLHl. 

Reel,  John,  mustered  out  with  companv. 

Reinohl.  John  W  .,  mustered  out  at  Columbus,  ()..  June  19,  1865. 

Reynolds,  Ransom,  mustered  out  with  com])anv. 

Rickart,  Philip,  mustered  out  with  companv. 

Rohcr,  Frederick,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Rutlner,  Samuel,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Shaler,  Peter,  mustered  out  \\itli  comj^anv. 

Schlotte.  Samuel,  mustered  out  at  Louisville.  K\.,June  28,  186:;. 

Schant/..  I'rias,  mustered  out  with  companv. 

Shick,  .\dam,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Slanker.  Henrv  II.,  mustered  out  with  companv. 

Snvder,  Jacob,  mustered  out  with  companw 

.Sweeter,  Nicholas,  mustered  out  with  company. 

Turner,  James,  mustered  out  at  Knowille,  Tenn.,June  10.  186^^. 

Wagoner,  Christian,  mustered  out  with  company. 

\\'alker,  Marshall,  mustered  out  with  compan\-. 

Waltner,  John  B.,  mustered  out  at  Da\  ids  Island,  X.  ^^,  June 

13,  1865. 
Walter,  John  L.,  mustered  out  with  company 
Wearstler,  Aaron,  mustered  out  with  company. 
Wearstler,  Christian,  mustered  out  with  company. 
Wertzell,  Joseph,  mustered  out  with  company. 
Witmer,  Phares,  mustered  out  \^ith  company. 
Yost,  William,  mustered  out  at  Cle\eland,  O.,  June  i,  i86v 
Young,  George,  mustered  out  with  company. 

DESERTED. 

Bonner,  John,  from   Camp    .Snow    Pond,    Ky.,   September   2:;. 

1863.' 
Weynser,  William  .S.,  from  (jeorgetown,  Ky.,  October  20,  1862. 

DIED. 

Bowman,  Adam,  in  Andersonville,  Ga.,  prison,  August  17,  1864. 
Blacher,  Henrv  D.,  supposed  to   have   died    September,    1864, 

while  prisoner  of  war. 
Euches,  Jesse  L.,  of  chronic  diarrhea  at   Atlanta,    Ga..  October 

22,  1864. 
Grossman,  Frank,  at  Lexington,    Ky.,    of  pneumonia,  April   5, 

1863. 
Hammond.  John,  dangeroush-  wounded  near  Ft.  , Anderson,  X. 

C,  Februar\    19,  186^ 


124 


HTSTORr  OF  THE 


Pi'ivatcs. — Continued. 

HollandcM-.  Matthias,  of  typhoid  fever,  at  New  Berne,  N.  C, 
March  21.  1865. 

Hudson.  W'iUiam,  supposed  to  have  (Ued  at  Andersonville.  Ga., 
August.  1864. 

Kile,  Hiram,  of  disease,  at  Kinston.  N.  C,  April  21.  1865. 

LaClair,  Daniel,  niortalh'  wounded  at  Franklin,  Tenn..  Novem- 
ber 30,  1864,  and  left  on  the  field. 

Lesh,  Da\id.  of  pneumonia,  at  Lexint^ton.  Ky.,  No\emher  21, 
1S62. 

Locher.  Gottlieb,  of  disease,  at  Kinston.  N.  C. 

Ri.S^gle.  James,  of  pneumonia,  at  Lexinii,"ton.  Ky.,  December  i. 
"  1862.' 

Roger.  Leon,  at  Knoxville,  Tenn..  July  9  1864.  of  wounds  re- 
ceived in  action. 

Ryder.  Henr\-  L.,  of  pneumonia,  at  Richmond.  Ky.,  January 
4.  1863. 

Turner.  ^Villiam,  of  chronic  diarrhea,  at  Nashville,  Tenn., 
September  9,  1S64. 

Tweedw  John,  killed  at  L'toy  Creek.  Ga..  August  6,  1864. 

Walker.  James  A.,  of  pneumonia,  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1863. 

Weygandt.  Joseph,  of  tvphoid  pneumonia,  at  Williamstown, 
K}  .,  October  16,  1S62.     * 

TRAX.SFERRKD. 

Banz,  Peter,  to  183d  O.  \.  L.June  15.   186. 
Bausher.  William,  to  183d  O.  V.  L.June  15.  1S65. 
Brown.  Cassius  iVL,  to  iS3d  O.  V.  L.June  15,  1865. 
Boirgegrain,  Peter  J.,  to  183d  O.  \.  L,  June  15.  1865. 
Davenport.  Eugene,  to  iS3d  O.  V.  L,  June  15,  1865.     ^ 
Fritzer,  Peter,  to  183d  O.  ^".  L.  June  15.  1865. 
Gill,  George  W..  to  183d  O.  \'.  L.June  15,  1865. 
Morgan.  Jameson,  to  183d  O.  \.  L.  June  15,  1865. 
Tweedy.  William,  to  183d  O.   \'.  L.  June  15.  1865. 
Race,  Joseph,  to  183d  O.  V.  L,  June  15.  1865. 

DETAILED. 

Morganthaler.  Peter,  promoted  to  sergeant  and  detailed  N.  C. 

S.,  August  30,  1862. 
^^'ikadol.  William  A.,   promoted   to  sergeant   and    detailed  (^. 

M.  S.,  August  30.  1S62. 


10 ATM  REGIMENT.  125 


ROSTER  OF  CO.  F. 


Captain. 

Riddle  Joseph  P.,   promoted  to  niiijor  of  legiinent,   Aiic^ust  2^, 
1864. 
Pirst  Licniciiai/f. 

Whitacre,  Thomas  \\'..  resi<j^ned,   Novemher  27,  1S62. 
Second  Licutoiaiit. 

WllHamson,  James  E.,  (hed  near  Camj)  Nelson,  K\-.,  Aiuj-ust  8, 
1863. 
First  Sergeant. 

StearnsT^iiiiit-'l  ^i--  prt)moted  to  second  lieutenant,  December  2, 
1S62;    first   lieutenant.  May  9,  1864;    captain,  February  24, 
1865. 
Second  Sergeant. 

Cope,  Samuel  S.,  promoted  to  second  lieutenant,  February  27, 
1S64;  first  lieutenant,  January  6,  1865;  wounded  at  battle  of 
Franklin,  Tenn.,   November  30,  1864. 
Third  Sergeant. 

Dannals,  Jared  F.,  killed  at  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn..  Novem- 
ber 30,  1864. 
Fourth  Sergeant. 

Day,  Francis  A.,  jjromotcd  to  first  sergeant,  .Vpril  6.  1864. 
Fifth  Sergeant. 
Keith,  James. 
Corporals. 

Ball,  Henr\-  R..  promoted  to  sergeant,  November  27,  1862. 
McKinnell,  James  II.,  promoted  to  sergeant;   wounded  at  Utov 

Creek,  Ga..  August  6.  1864. 
Boyce,  Samuel  F.,  promoted  to  sergeant;  woumled   at  Frank- 
lin, Tenn..  November  30,  1864;  discharged,  March  20,  1S6:;. 
Evans,  John,  promoted  to  sergeant;   killed  at  Franklin,  Tenn.. 

November  30,  1864. 
Peden,  Hezekiah. 


126  HIS  TOR  2'  OF  THE 

Corporals. — Continued. 

Ridinficr.   Nathaniel,  tletailed    in  eny;ineer    battalion.  23d  army 
corps.  April  6,  1864. 

Batchelor,  William  H.,  promoted  to  sergeant.  May  30,  1S65. 

Dval,  Harrison,  killed  at  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November 
30,    1864. 
Mtisiciaiis. 

Barr,  James  H. 

Springer,  Matthias  R..  detailed  in  cornet  band. 
T'caf?2sters. 

Burbick.  Thomas  C    detailed  in  it^(\  army  corps   wagon  train. 

Bunn,  Stephen,  ambulance  dri\  er,   regimental  and  3d   division 
hospitals. 
Privates. 

Adams,  Thomas. 

Allen,  Frederic  B. 

Anderson  Andrew,  transferred  to  in\  alid  corps. 

Arkwright,  Joseph. 

Arnold,  Wilbert  13.,  discharged,  December  8,  1S62. 

Atchison,  John. 

Bailey.    Laughlin,    died     at    Knoxville,    Tenn.,     Feliruary     13, 
1S64. 

Bails,  Robert  S.,  died  at  Frankfort  Ky..  January  30,  1863. 

Barr,  John  W.,  discharged,  December  31,  1862. 

Barto,  Samuel  H.,  discharged,  December  31,  1S62. 

Belles,  William,  died  at  Liverpool,  O.,  ]March  11,  1864. 

Boyce,  Harrison,  transferred  to  invalid  corps.  May  12,  1863. 

Bottenberg,  Jacob  H.,  detailed  in  cornet  liand. 

Brannan,  James  Y.,   detailed    in    engineer  battali(ni,    23(1  army 
corps,  August  10,  1863. 

Brezette,  Shuman,  discharged.  August,  14.  1862. 

Bright,  Emmit  S. 

Brooks,  John  R.,  transferred  to  inxalid  corps,  July,  1863. 

Burnett,   Wilson    S.,  promoted    to  corporal:    wounded  at  Little 
Kenesaw,  Ga.,  June  19,  1864. 

Burbick,  Arthur,  transferred  to  gunboat  service.  May  12,  1863. 

Butler,  Thomas  W . 

Cartv,  Robert,  deserted  near  Danville,  Ky.,  January  5,  1863. 

Campbell,  William  S..  taken  prisoner  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August 
19,  1864:   exchanged. 

Chiesman,  Alfred. 


lOVrU  REGIMENT. 


127 


P  rivatcs. — Continued. 

Clark.  John    L..    capluicd    near    Camp  Dick    Rol)ins(in.    K\.. 

March  25,  1S63;   paroled. 
Council.   \Villiam    B..    captured    near    Cam]!    Dick     Robinson. 

K\..  March  .25.  iSt'^;   ])aroled. 
Crawford.    Daniel.    die<l    at    Know  ille.    Tenn..    \o\eniher  z\, 

1863. 
Daniels.  ilenr\   C  promoted  to  corporal.   March  20,  186:^. 
[)a\  idson.    .Mexander.    wounded  at    Rock\-    Face    Ridjj^c,    (ia.. 

May  9.  1864. 
Dawson.  Samuel,  discharged.  Se])temher.   14.  186^. 
Dennis.  William  II..  killed  at  I'toy  Creek,  (ia.,  Auijust  6.  1864. 
Elliot.  Charles  I',. 
l'\irmer.  Clement  \'. 

Finlev,  Richard,  promoted  to  corporal,  Ma\    i.  1864. 
Forbes.  Alexander. 
Ford,  William. 
Frascr.  William,  wounded  at  Knoxville,  Tenn..   Xovemher  30. 

1863:    killed  at  l-^anklin.  Tenn.,  November  30,  1864. 
Fuller.  Frank  C. 

Gould,  Georjj^e  R..  discharged,  December  8,  1862. 
Hamilton,  Daniel,  promoted  to  hospital  steward,  March  1.  1864. 
IIenr\',  Daniel,  wounded  near  Rock\   Face  Ridi^^e.  (ia..  Mav  9. 

1864. 
James,  William  M..  captured  at   Little  Kenesaw.  (ja..  June  19, 

1864:   exchan^•ed. 
Kelcher.  John. 

Love,  Absalom,  died  at  Knox\  ille,  Tenn.,  October  7.  1864. 
Love,  John,  wounded  near  Dallas,  Ga..  Ma\  31.    1864. 
Marsh,  Sidne^■.  promoted  to  corporal. 

McBane,  Daniel,  died  at  Knox\  ille.  Tenn..  March  9,  1864. 
McHcan.  Ilu.oh  M. 

McKenzie,  ]*hilipj.,  ilied  at  Mt.  \'einon.  K\..  June^.  1863. 
Miner,  Harrison,  killed  at  battle  of  Franklin. Tenn..  November 

30,    1 864. 
Monagan,  William,  promoted  to  corporal;    wounded  at  Frank- 
lin. Tenn..  Xo\  ember  36.  1864. 
Myers,  George  H. 

Noble,  John,  discharged.  December  31,  1862. 
Ogilvie,  William  J.,  discharged,  January  9.  1863. 
01i\er.  William,  discharged.   December,  ^i.  1862. 


128  HIS  TORI'  OF  'THE 

Privates. — Continued. 
Patterson,  David  H. 
Patterson,  Joshua  S.,  captured  at  Franklin,   Tcnn.,  November 

30,  1864;  exclianged. 
Patterson,  Samuel  C,  died  at  Lexin^rton,  Ky.;  Ma\    13,  1S63. 
Pearson,  William. 
Peden,  James. 
Peden,  William. 

Peeples,  Matthew,  died  at    Knoxville,  Tenn.,  January  i,    1864. 
Qiiinlan,  ISIichael,  promoted  to  corporal,  February  15,  1863. 
Randolph,  John  G.,  wounded  near  Fort  Mitchell,  Kv.,  vSeptem- 

l^er  II.  1863;   transferred  to  invalid  corps. 
Rice,  George,  wounded  near  Atlanta,  Ga..  Julv  16.  1864. 
Ridinger,    Samuel,    detailed    as   teamster   in    23d    army    corps 

wagon  train. 
Robinson,  Albert,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  March  26,  1864. 
Rose,  Daniel. 

Shepherd,  Asa  B.,  promoted  to  corporal,  April  12,  1863. 
Shirk,  Richard. 
Sinram,  William 
Shoemaker,  David,  transferred  to  invalid    corps,   December  7, 

^863. 
vSmith,  Daniel,  transferred  to  invalid  corps;  discharged. 
Smith,  Daniel  J. 

Smith,  Philip  J.,  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  April  3,  1863. 
Stillwell,  Samuel. 

Taylor,  Thomas,  died  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  February  23,  1863. 
Totten,  Samuel  F.,  promoted  to  Corporal;  killed  at  Dallas,  Ga., 

Mav  31,  1864. 
Van  Tyne,  George,  detailed  in  cornet  band. 
Weare,  William  J. 

Weldon,  William,  promoted  to  corporal. 
W^elsh,  John  G.,  died  at  Danville,  Ky.,  Januar}-  9,  1863. 

RECRl'ITS. 

Bone,  Robert  W.,  transferred  to  183d   O.  V.  I.,  June  15,    1865. 
Bowles,  Daniel,  transferred  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Brooks,  John  B.,  wounded  at  Rocky  Face   Ridge,  (ia.,  Ma\  9, 

1864. 
Campbell,  James,  discharged,  January  10,  1865. 
Durbin,  John  P.,  wounded  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  .Vugust  6,  1864. 


104  TH  REGIMEN T.  129 

Hooper.    IClisIia    C,  died    I)ccciiil)cr    2S,     1864,  of  wounds   ix'- 

ccivcd  at  l)attlc  of  l^ranklin,  Tenn.,   Xu\  cinlicr  30,  1864. 
Jones,  I^enjaniin  (J. 

Johnson,  Samuel,  deserted,  January  24,  1895. 
Leonard,  Charles,   transferred  to  uS^d  ().  \'.  T..  }\\\\c  15,    1865. 
AleCjee,  )aines  II.,  Iransfeired  to  183d  ( ).  \'.  I..  June  15,  1865. 
McMasters.    Albert    V ..    transferred  to  183d    ().  \'.  I..  June  15. 

1865. 
Rosenbeauni,  (ieor<;e  \\'.,  transferred  to  183d  O.W  I..Ji:ne  15, 

•  1865. 
Smith,  Joseph,  killed  near  Dallas,  Ga.,  May  31.  1864. 
vStitt,  Elias,  transferred  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15  1895. 
Warden.  John,  transferred  tf)  183d  ().  \'.  I..  June  15.  1865. 

C<)nipan\  V.  or  the  "'R.  R.  Conii)any."  was  recruited  from 
Wellsville,  and  the  towns  adjacent,  up  and  down  the  Ohio  river,  and 
along  the  line  of  the  C.  &  I*,  railroad.  With  the  disadvantage  of 
having  within  its  ranks  an  undue  proj^ortion  ot  "toughs  '  and 
"dead  lieats."  still  Company  F  always  held  its  own  with  any  other 
company  in  the  regiment  for  efficiency  and  readiness  for  duty. 
Companv  F  also  rejoiced  in  the  ownership  of  "the  twa  dogs,'' 
which  became  the  pets  of  the  regiment.  "Old  Harvey"  had  been 
in  service  before;  was  wounded  in  Virginia  and  again  at  Resaca. 
He  was  an  aristocrat  and  wore  a  brass  collar  with  the  legend,  "I 
am  Lieutenant  D.  M.  Steam's  dog;  whose  dog  are  you?"  After 
Lieutenant  Williamson's  death,  "the  blue  pup"  became  a  "child  of 
the  regiment."  By  his  antics,  especially  his  tricks  with  fire,  the 
boys  were  often  thrown  into  convulsions  of  laughter.  Unluckily, 
he  tumbled  off  the  train  on  which  the  regiment  were  going  from 
Cincinnati  to  Washington. 


130 


HlSTOnr  OF  THE 


ROSTER  OF  CO.  G. 


Captains. 

Coppock,  Ezra,  discharged  at  Lexing-ton,  Kv.,  May  39,  1S63. 
Favvcett,  John  W.,  promoted  from  first  heutenant,   August  lo, 
1S63.  ^ 
Pirst  /lieutenants. 

Weaver,  Stanton,  promoted  from  first  sergeant  to  first  lieuten- 
ant, August  17,  1863;  transferred  to  colored  troops,  Feb- 
ruary, 1 8  64. 
Humason,  Stanley  D.,  mustered  as  sergeant  of  Company  B, 
August  6,  1S62;  promoted  to  second  sergeant  major, 
August  30,  1863;  promoted  and  transferred  to  Company  G, 
Julv  I,  1863;  promoted  to  first  lieutenant,  September  14, 
1864. 
Second  Lieutenant. 

Somers,  Lyman,  discharged  January  31,    1863,   at   LexingtoUi 
Ky. 
First  Sergeant. 

Mell,  Abraham  C,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Second  Sergeajit. 

Hall,  Eli  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Third  Sergeant. 

Cook,  Thomas  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Fourth  Sergeant. 

Thomas,  Allen  A.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Fifth  Sergeant. 

Stratton,  John  R.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Corporals. 

I.     Niblo,  Alexander,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
3.     Picket,  David  H.,  mustered  out  at  Beaufort,  N.  C,  June  3, 
1865. 

3.  Kirkbride,  Lewis  H.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

4.  Windle,  Henry  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 


lOJ^TH  REGIMENT.  131 

Musicians. 

Roller,  Samuel  J.,  prisoner  at  Andersonville,  Ga.,  mustered  out 

at  Camp  Chase,  June  13,  1865. 
McGaffick,  Thomas  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
I'rivatcs. 

Beck,  Harmon,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Bently,  William  G.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Blythe,  John  W.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Baker,  John  C,  wounded    in   battle   of  Franklin,  Tenn.,   No- 
vember 30,  1S64;   mustered  out  at  Washington.  D.  C.  June 
19,  1S65. 
Beucher,  Napoleon,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Barth,  Manuel,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Barnaby,  Leander,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Bury,  Christian,  mustered  out  at   Smithville,  N.   C,  June    ib, 

1865. 
Dunn,  Emanuel,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Dubbs,  William  W.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Dixon,  William,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Dickinson,  Josiah  V.,  transferred  from  hospital  at  New  Berne, 
N.  C,  to  New  York. 

Deer,  James  W.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Eldridge,  Joseph,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Estill,  William  G.  C,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Farran,  Peter,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
•  Greenawalt,  Abraham,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Griffith,  John  W.,  mustered  out  w- ith  regiment. 

Gaunt,  John  C,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Hemsworth,  John  W.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Harper,  John,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

lleaton,  Charles  L.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Ingledoe,  Franklin,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Kirk,  Newton  G.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Kentner,  Eli  S.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Moore,  Ira,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Moore,  Joshua,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Moore,  Aaron,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Moore,  John,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Munsell,   Ephraim,  wounded  at   Resaca,   CJa.,  May   14.   1S64; 
mustered  out  at  Murfreesboro,  Tenn..  July  4,  1863. 

Matthews,  John  D.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 


132  HISTORY  OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 

Matthews,  Monroe  B.,  mustered  out  \vith  rej.'-imcnt. 
Marshall,  Johnson,  mustered  out  with  rej^iment. 
Marshall,  Ellis  L.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
McCann,  Thomas  E.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Mather,  Joseph  \V.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Pippett,  Heni'y  R.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Post,  Joseph  P.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Post,  James  C,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Redman,  Francis  M.,  musteretl  out  with  regiment. 
Russel,  Wilmer  W.,  on  detached  dutv;  mustered  out  at  Lexing- 
ton,  Ky.,  May  29,  1865. 
Sharpnock,  Francis  A.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Siple,  David  G.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Somers,  Andrew,  Jr.,  taken  prisoner. 
Turner,  William  D.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Whinnerv,  Joshua,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Widdoes,  William,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Whitacre,  David,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Vengling,  David  F.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Young,  Joseph  E.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

DISCHARGED. 

Sergvant. 

French,  Obediah  C,  to  accept   promotion,  October  i:;,  1S63. 
Corpora/. 

Garwood,  Joseph,  at    Knoxville,   Tenn.,   May    12,    1S65. 
Privates. 

Evans,  James  .S.,  at   Cincinnati,   O.,   September  23,  1S62. 

Berkheimer,  Frederick,  at   Knoxville,   Tenn.,   May  15,  1S65. 

Figlev,  William  F.,  at  Covington,  Ky.,   December  10,  1S62. 

Gailv,  Andrew,  at  Alexandria,  Va.,    May  17,  186=;. 

Haiflev,   Aaron,   at   Cincinnati,    O.,   December   19,  1S63. 

Lowrv,  Alexander,  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  September  9,  1S62,  on 
account  of  wounds  received  near  Covington,  September 
6,  1S63. 

Mansill,  jSJartin  H.,  at   Cincinnati,   O.,  January  21,  1863. 

Martin,  Joshua  R.,   at  Cincinnati,    O.,  January  22,  1S63. 

Sidinger.  Jacob  S.,    at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,   May   22,  1S65. 

Weaver,  Darwin,  at  Columbus,  O.,  December  i^,  1863. 


"^  104  Til  R EGIMEN T.  1 3-^ 

TRAXSIKRUED. 

Privates. — Continued. 

Gaunt,  John,  to  veteran  reserve  corps,   May    15,  1864. 
Gangwer,  Joseph    C,    to    veteran     reserve    corps.     May     15, 

1864. 
Harris,  Franklin,  to  veteran  reserve  corps.  May  15.  iSh4. 

DIKU. 

Scriica)it. 

Wisncr,  Ilcnrv  C,  at  Was]iin_ot,,n.  X.  C.  Marcli  22,  1864. 

Corporals. 

Donaldson,  John,    at  Knowille.  Tenn..  July  21,  1864. 
Houtwcll.  David  C.    at  (iicensboro,  N.  C.   May  30.  1865. 
Privates. 

Angleniver.  Joseph  II.,  at   Mt.  Vernon,  Ky.,  May  8,  1863. 
Baldwin,  Merrick  L.,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ky.,  May  30,  1863. 
Crazen,  Leman  H.,  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  July  11.  1863. 
Christie,     Robert     A.,     at     Knowille,    Tenn..     December    26. 

1863. 
Cook,  Theophilus,  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  March  12,  1863. 
Davis,  William  R.,    at  Beaufort,  Ky.,  April  4,  1S63. 
Patterson  John,  at  Danville.  Ky.,  March  19,  1863. 
Siple,    William    D.,    August    10.    1864,   near    Atlanta,  Ga.,    of 

wounds  received  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6,  1864. 
Shous,  William  H.,  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  April  5.  1863. 
Woodworth.   Jeremiah     L.,    at     Danville,     Ky..    January     14, 

1863. 
Ward,  Walter  H..  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  April  4.  1863. 
Zimmerman,  Martin,  July   24.   1864,   of  wounds  received   near 

Atlanta.  Ga. 

DESERTED. 

Corporals. 

Kemp,  John  W.,  from  near  Frankfort,   Ky..  January  27,  1863. 

Kennedv,     William     L.,     from     Cincinnati,    ()..    January    zi, 
1865. 
Privates. 

Wilson,  Daniel,  from  Bull's  Gap,  Tenn.,  April  20.  1864. 

Dilliau,  James,   at  Raleigh.  X.  C,    May  2,  1865:   mustered   out 
at  David's  Island,  X.  Y.,  July  6,  1865. 

Elijah,  Calls,   from    Knoxville,   Tenn.,    February.    20,    1864. 

Fisher,  William,  reported  absent  without  leave. 


I^^  HISTORV  OF  THE 

RECRUITS. TRANSFERRED. 

Privates. 

Charleston,  Frank,  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 

Christian,  John,  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 

Fawcett,  Harace  L.,  to  iS3d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 

Griswold,  Alton  J.,  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 

Hall,  Ira,  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 

Ray,  Joseph,  to  183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Sergeant. 

Elston,  Wicklifte  B.,  to   N.   C.    S.,   May,   1865;    promoted  to 
second  lieutenant. 


lOJ^TH  REGIMENT. 


'35 


ROSTER  OF  CO.  II, 


Captai)!. 

Scott,  Walter  B.,   died   of  disease   at    Cincinnati.  ()..  April  2^, 

186-^. 
Ford,  Hobart,  mustered  as  Hrst  lieutenant,  ]\\\\   24.  1862;  pro- 
moted to  captain,  March  27,  1863;  wounded  at  Utoy  Creek, 
Auii^ust  6.  1864;  detailed  on  General  Cox's   stafl',    February 
I,  1865;  died  1884. 
First  Lieutenant. 

Shaw,  Samuel  F.,  mustered  in   as  second   lieutenant,  July  24, 
1S62;  promoted  to  first  lieutenant.  May   29,  1863;   mustered 
out  on  detached  roll,  June  30,  1865. 
Second  Lieutenants. 

Robertson,  Benjamin  L.,  mustered  in  as  first  sergeant;  pro- 
moted to  second  lieutenant,  June  10,  1863;  first  lieutenant 
and  assigned  to  company  F,  November  17,  1864;  died  at 
Elkhart,  Ind. 
Paulus,  Abraham,  mustered  in  as  sergeant:  promoted  to  second 
lieutenant,  November  17,  1864. 
First  Sergeant. 

Adair,  Lyman  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Second  Sergeant. 

French,  Adolphus  B.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Third  Sergeant. 

Stair,  Louis,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Fourth  Sergeant. 

Betts,  George  W.,  severely  wounded  at  Columbia,  Tenn..  Xo- 
vember,  186:5;  mustered  out  on  detached  roll. 
Fifth  Sergeant. 

Wylie,  Paul  E..  detailed  color  sergeant;  defended  the  colors 
through  Georgia  and  battle  at  Nashville;  mustered  out 
with  regiment;  died  at  Copley,  August  3,  1878. 


iTjS  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

Corporals. 

Wellman,  Icromc,  inusteretl  out  with  re,!.nincnt. 

Paine.  All)crtus  L.,  iinistercd  out  with  rcj^iment. 

Jewett,  Noble  M.,  mustered  out  with  reg^iment. 

Walsh.  Christopher  C,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Denaple,  Jacob,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Wilkinson,  Henry  L.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Coon,  Albert,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Spiglemirc,  John  II.,  severely   wounded  at   I  toy    Creek.   Ga., 
August  6.  1864;  mustered  out  \\\\\\  regiment. 
Miisicia)! . 

Robertson,  Thomas  E.,  mustered  out  witli  regiment. 
Privates. 

Adair,  Andrew  A.,  wounded  at  Cartersville,  Ga.,  Ma}-  21.  1864; 
mustered  on  detached  roll  at  Cincinnati,  ().,  June  S,  1865. 

Adams,  John  A.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Allen,  Bvrt)n  (j.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Allen  Daniel,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Arnold,  Charles  F.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Baily,  Samuel,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Babcock,  Dennison,  mustered  out    on    detached    roll  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  June  3i,  1S65. 

Bliler,  John  11.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Billows,  John,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Bosworth,  Willard,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Bucher,  Solomon,  J.,  wounded  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,  November 
38,  1864;  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Brockwav,  Rice  W.,  mustered  out  on   detached    roll  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  June,  1S65. 

Buchtel,  Franklin,  mustered  out  WMth  regiment. 

Buchtel,  Urias,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Cahill,  Henry,  wounded  at  Old  Town  Creek.  N.  C,  February 
30,  186^;  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Campbell,  Alexander,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Charlton,  Thomas  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

Cassid\-,  James  H.,  wounded  at  Old  Town    Creek,  N.  C,  Feb- 
ruarv  3o,  186=;. 

Clough.  Edwin,  mustered  out  on   detached    roll    at    Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  August  9,  1865. 

Crosier,  James  D.,  mustered  out  with  regiment;  died  at  Akron, 
O..  April  34,  1 88 1. 


KiJfTIl  REGIMENT.  \yj 

Privates. — Contiiiufd. 

DcLou"-,  Ell)ii(l^c  t>..  imistcicd  out  with  rc'<i;iinciit. 

Fanner.  Edwin  .\.,  nuistcrcd  out  with  rcf^inicnt. 

I'^ifhl.  Paul,  niustcic-d  out  \\  ith  rci^iuu'iit. 

Foster,  Frank,  mustered    out    on    detaciied    roll    at    Kiiowille. 

Tenn..  August  9,  1865. 
(iin<^-er\-,  Curtis,  wounded  at    Old  Town    CreeU,  X.  C..  Fehni- 

ary  20,  1865. 
Hollinji^er,  Jacob  D..  mustered  out  on  detached  roll   at  Lexin;^- 

ton.  K\-..  Ma\  30.  186:;. 
Kleckner.  John,  wounded  at  Old  Tow  n  Creek.  \.    C..    I'\'hru- 

arv  20.  186:^. 
Limber,  Jesse,  sick  in  hospital  at  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Lepper,  Albert  F.,  on  detaciied  duty  at  I^ouisville.  Ky. 
Lile, Joseph,  mustered  out  with  re^i^iment. 
Lon<;-,  Dennis  J.,  on  detached  duty  at  department  headciuarters, 

Dept.  N.  C.:  died,  1882. 
Mann,  fohn,  mustered  out  with  re<^iment. 
Marshal!,  Perry  (i.,  mustered  out  with  company. 
Marsh,  David,  mustered  out  with  company. 
IVlarsh.  Ephraim,  mustered  out   with  rejjjiment. 
McCoy,  Burwell  T.,  mustered  out  with  company. 
Painton,  George  \\  .,  mustered  out  with  company ;  died  Decem- 
ber 21.  1872.  at  vStreetsborough,  Ohio. 
Piper,  Samuel  J.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Pratt,  Gardner  G.,  mustered  out  on    detached  roll  at  Heaufort. 

N.  C,  June  3,  1S65. 
Price,Joseph  D.,  mustered  out  w  ith  regiment. 
Roadcs,      Joseph,     mustered      out     with      regiment;      died      at 

Akron,'  O. 
Ruckle,  Clinton,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Schroeder,  William,  wounded  at  I  toy    Creek,  Ga.,    .\ugust  6. 

1S64:  lav   three   months   in    hospital;    rejoined    regiment    at 

Rome.  Ga. 
vScudder.  Thurlow,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Stearns,  John  C,  Jr.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Ta\"lor,  \\'illiam,  sick  in  hospital  at  New  York  harbor. 
\'iers,  (jcorge  W.,  mustered  out  with  regiment, 
Washburn,  Stephen  I'.,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Weeks,  Peter,  sick  in  hospital  at  Louisville,  Ky. 
W'hittlesev.  Joseph    F..  mustered  out  w  ith  regiment. 


138  HIST  OR  r   OF  THE 

DISCHARGED, 

Gillingham,  James,  December  25,  1S64. 

Brown,  Charles  M.,  from  general  hospital,  D.  C,  May  28,  1865. 
Corporals. 

Francisco,  Alanson  C.  from  Camp  Dennison,  O.,  June  28, 
1863. 

Gambee,  Theodore  W.,  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  October  24,  1863. 

Folsom,  George  W.,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  January  19,  1863. 
Privates. 

Wilcox,  Milton  C,  appointed  hospital  steward,  August  20, 
1862;  discharged  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  February  20,  1864. 

Boardman,  James  E.,  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  December  9,  1862. 

Burns,  George  W.,  at  Cleveland,  O.,  October  25,  1864. 

Chapman,  Frank  C,  April  13,  1863  by  order  of  Colonel 
Mundy. 

Heath,  Lewis.,  wounded  at  Dallas,  Ga.,  May  31,  1864;  dis- 
charged at  Camp  Dennison,  O.,  May  19,  1865. 

Mills,  Ithiel  J.,  discharged  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  January  13,  1863. 

Payne,  George  H.,  discharged  December  2,  1864,  at  Cleveland, 
O.,  from  wounds  received  at  Cartersville,  Ga.,  May  21, 
1864. 

Stearns,  Theodore  H.,  discharged  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  October 
16,  1862. 

Shouler,  Matthew,  discharged  from  general  hospital,  New 
York  harbor,  May  16,  186^. 

Winkleman,  John,  taken  prisoner  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1864;  paroled;  discharged  at  Camp  Dennison,  O., 
May  30,  1865. 

TRANSFERRED. 

Averill,  Nathaniel,  to  V.  R.  C,  January  22,  1864. 
Arnold,  Ransom  J.,  to  V.  R.  C,  January  22,  1864. 
Marshall,  Franklin,  to  V.  R.  C,  January  22,  1864. 
Root,  Erastus,  N.,  to  V.  R.  C,  January  22,  1864. 
Wayne,  George  O.,  to  V.  R.  C,  January  22,  1864. 

DIED. 

Sergeant. 

Jackson,  Oscar  C,  killed  by  accidental  discharge  of  his  gun 
while  advancing  on  the  enemy  at  Peach  Tree  Creek.  Ga., 
July  20,  1864. 


mVIH  REGIMENT. 


'39 


Corporah. 

Rhinehart,   William,  of  disease  at  Willianitown,  Kv.,  October 

22,  1862. 
Schultz,  Albert,  killed  at   battle  of  Old   Town   Creek,   X.  C, 

February  20,  iS6y 
Privates. 

blocker,  Eli,  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  of  disease,  March  4,  1863. 
Bass,    VVillard  II.,  killed  at  battle  of  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August 

6,  1864. 
Conrad,  Daniel,  killed  at  battle  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6,  1864. 
Hope,  Eli,  killed  at  battle  of  Frankfort,  Ky.,  March  9,  1863. 
Maranville,  Jay,  killed  at  battle   of  Strawberry    Plains,  Tenn., 

January  12,  1864. 
Smith,  Burtis  W.,  killed  at  battle  of  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August 

6,  1864. 

DESERTIiD. 

Koppleberger,  Henrv,  from  camp  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Kv.,  June  7, 

1863. 
Osborn,  Cyrus  A.,  taken  prisoner  at  Danville,  Ky.,  March  24, 

1863.;   paroled;    deserted     from   Columbus,    O.,  July,   1S63, 

w'hile  being  exchanged. 
Stroker,  John,  taken  prisoner  at  Danville,  Ky.,  March  24,  1863; 

paroled;  deserted    from    Columbus,  O.,  July,    1863,    while 

being  exchanged. 

RECRUITS. 

Boyer,  Daniel,  enlisted   Februarv  5,   1864;  transferred   to   183d 

^O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Carnary,  John,   enlisted  January  5,    1864;  transferred    to    183d 

O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Dunn,  William,   enlisted   August  5,    1S64;   transferred  to  183d 

O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Haller,  John  H.,  enlisted  January  5,  1864;  transferred   to    183d 

O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1S65. 
Howald,  James,  enlisted  February  29,  1864;  transferred  to  183d 
»  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 

Rhinehard,   Adam,    enlisted  February  £5,    1864;    transferred   to 

183d  O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Sellers,  Joshua,  enlisted  February   i,   1864;  transferred  to    183d 

O.  V.  I.,  June  15,  1865. 
Viers,  Daniel  M.,  enlisted  November    10,  1863;  transferred   to 

183d  O.  V.  I..  June  15,  1865. 


I40 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


ROSTER  OF  CO.  I. 


Captain. 

Wells,  John  A.,  resif^ned,  April,  1863. 
First  Lieutenant. 

Bard,  David  D.,  promoted  to  captain,  Mav  29,  1863:  wounded 

at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November  30,  1864;  died  of  his  wounds 

December  3,  1864. 
Sergeants. 

Jackson,  Andrew,  detailed  ordnance  sergeant,  March  10,  1863- 
France,  Isaiah,  discharged  at  Lexington,  Kv.,  December,  1863. 
Grinnel,  William,  piomoted  to  first  sergeant,  November,  1S62 

second    lieutenant ;     first    lieutenant,    March    27,    1863 

wounded  in  elbow  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  November  29,  1863 

resigned.  May  28,  1864. 
Hinman,' Lloyd,  mustered  out  with  regiment. 
Reed,  Horace  L.,  promoted  to  first  sergeant,  1863;  second  lieu- 
tenant.   May   29,    1863:    first  lieutenant,    August    19,    1864; 

wounded    near   Fort  Anderson,    N.  C,   Februar^•  18,  i86v 

discharged,  May  i^  i86v 
Corporals. 

Reed,    Gustavus  P.,    promoted    to   sergeant,    December,    1862: 

first  sergeant,  June  i,  1863;  second    lieutenant,    August  19. 

1863;  wounded  near  Lost  Mountain,  Ga.,  June  11,  1864,  and 

leg  amputated. 
Taylor,  William  R.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserves,  1863. 
Furry,  John  H.,  promoted  to  sergeant,  Mav  29,  1863;   mustered 

out  with  regiment.  , 

Hall,  Newton  H.,  wounded  slightlv  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August 

5,  1864. 
Bard,  Rodolphus,    discharged    at    Lexington,   Kv.,   December. 

1862. 
Spelman,    Asa  ]\L,    promoted  to   sergeant,    October   26,    1864; 

wounded  slightly,  August  5,  1864. 


lOATII  REGIMENT. 


141 


Corporals. — Continued. 

WhitncN.  Charles  M..   promoted  to  seij^eant,  Marcli    27,    1863; 

first  ser<i^eant,  October  26.  1864:   wounded  near  P'ort  Ander- 
son. X.  C  ..  I'\'l)iuar\-  iS,  1865. 
Demini^.  William  J.,  transferred  to  \eteran  reserves,    1864. 
Musicians. 

Barber,  Grove  IC. 
Richardson,   William  W. 
Privates. 

Anderson.  John  S..  died  at  I.exinLCton,  K\.,  v\pril.  i86':^. 

Austin,  Duane  S.. 

Benton,    John     W.,    slit^htly    wounded.    Xo\eml)er    29,    1864; 

transferred  to  \'.  R.  C,  1864. 
Brown,  John,  deserted  at  Richmond,  K\..    December  29,  1862. 
Barclav.    Georji^e    I).,    promoted    to    corporal.    May    29,    1863; 

woundetl  in  hand  at  l^esaca,  (ia.,  Ma\'  14,  1864;  dischar<;ed, 

1865. 
Campbell,    Albert   ( )..    wounded   near    Atlanta.  Ga.,  Au^i^ust  ^, 

1864. 
Campbell,  John  II.,  captured    near    Danvillle,  Kv.,    March    25, 

1863;  exchanged,  July  12,  1863. 
Carrier,  Darius,  died  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  1864. 
Champney,  Wilber. 
Chapman,  Robert  R. 
Chittenden,  Walter,  wounded  in  arm  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August 

5,  1S64. 
Churchill,  William  S. 
Coe,  Elvin  H. 

Coe,  Henry  B.,  detached  as  department  clerk,  1863. 
Colter,  Robert. 
Crovvl,  Michael  S.,  captured  March  2^,  1863:  exchanged,  Julv, 

1863;  killed  by  falling  from  an  omnibus,  1863. 
Crocket,  Joseph  T.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserve  corps. 
Davis,  King  S.,   woinided   through  lungs  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga., 

August  6,  1S64. 
Davis,  Richard. 
Daives,  Lester. 

Deming,  Henry  A.,  transferred  to  veteran  reserves,  1861:;. 
Dole,  Martin  V.,  wounded  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6,  1S64. 
Ellison  Everett. 
El  me  rick.  ]ohn. 


1.3  HISTORY  OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 
Enders,  William. 
Essicr,  James,  wounded  in  face  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  November 

29,   1S63. 
Ensign,  Lysander  H. 
Fitch,  Philip. 
Frank,    George,    discharged    at    Richmond,    Ky.,    December, 

1862. 
Frank,  John. 

Force,  David,  killed  at  Utoy  Creek,  Ga.,  August  6,  1864. 
Gillett,  William  J.,  died  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  February  3,  1863. 
Grate,  Curtis,  promoted  to  corporal,  1864. 
Hammond,  Oscar  E.,  discharged  at  Lexington,  April,  1863. 
Harter,  George,  promoted  to  corporal.  May  29,  1863. 
Hawlev,    Frank  J.,   discharged  at  Richmond,   Ky.,  December, 

1862. 
Hennessy,  Washington,  arrested,   November,  1862,  at  Lexing- 
ton, Ky.,  as  a  deserter  from  44th  Ohio,  and  not  heard  from 
since. 
Honeywell,  Gilielmus. 
Hulett,  Albert  R.,   shot  in  hip  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,   November, 

30,  1864;  died  December  8. 
Hulett,  George   W.,  captured  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,   November 
30,  1864;  exchanged  and   discharged.  May  8,  1865;  blown 
up  on  steamer  Sultana,  but  escaped. 
Hull,  Calvin  E. 

James,  William  H.,  captured,  July,  1S64,  while  foraging;  took 
his  captor  prisoner  and  brought  him  into  camp;  next  day 
taken  prisoner  again;  escaped  from  Andersonville  and 
recaptured  twice;  the  second  time  at  St.  Marks,  Fla.;  es- 
caped from  a  prison  train  near  Savannah,  in  December, 
1864,  and  joined  the  U.  S.  fleet,  oft'  mouth  of  Savannah 
river. 
LaDu,  Marcellus  M.,  murdered  in  Mantua,  Ohio,  about  1S69. 
Loomis,    Stephen  J.,  killed   at    Utoy  Creek,    Ga.,    August   8, 

1864. 
Logue,  Joseph  H. 
Merriman,  Verus. 

Monroe,  George,  wounded  at  Resaca,  Ga.,  May  14,  1864. 
Moulton,  Dallas,  captured  at   Franklin,  Tenn.,    November  30, 
1864;  blown  up  on  steamer  Sultana,  but  escaped. 


in/tTH  REGIMENT.  j.^. 

Privates. — Co  n  t  i  ii  u  e  d . 
McCullough,  James. 
Norton.  Theodore  D. 
Ott,  Lewis. 

Pegg,  Simeon,  discharged  in  fall  of  1862. 
Rhodenbaugh,  Lucius,  wounded  in  foot   at    Resaca.   C»a.,  Mav 

28,    1S64. 
Rhodenbaugh.  Charles,  captured  near  Sniithtield.  N.  C.  Maw 

1S65. 
Reinoehl,  John  vS. 
Russel,  J.  Caleb,  wounded  in   shoulder   near  Dallas,  (ja..    Mav 

!'$>,     1864. 

Rogers,  Volney. 

Schultz.  Adam,  discharged  at  Camji  Dennison,  Ma\-,  186-5. 

Sears,  Andrew  J. 

Shriver,  Charles  L.,  slightly  wounded  at  Resaca.  Ga..  \Lav  28, 
1864. 

Sidebotham.  James. 

Snyder,  Elias. 

Spires,  Emanuel. 

Stilson,  Emmer  M..  died  at  Lexington,  Kv.,  April,  186-5. 

Swartwout,  Adolph,  died  in  hospital. 

Thomas,  Stephen  S. 

Ulm,  Philip. 

Udall,  Samuel  A. 

Viers,  William  J. 

Woolf,  Martin. 

Woolf,  Philip. 

Wise,  Daniel. 

Williston,  John,  promoted  to  corporal.  May  29,  1S63;  wounded 
in  leg  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November  30,  1864. 

Whitney,  Buel,  commissioned  chaplain,  October  10,  1863;  cap- 
tured near  Burnt  Hickor\',  Ga.,  Mav  26.  1864. 

Wait,  Demond  W. 

W^aldeon,  Charles. 

Weldon,  Lewis,  wounded  near  Pumpkin  \'ine  Creek.  Ga., 
May  20,  1864. 

Weaver.  Adam,  wounded  near  Fort  Anderson.  N.  C,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1865. 

Weaver,  Jonathan. 

Wilco.x.  James  G. 


144 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


RECRUITS. 


Thompson,  Andrew  J.,  enlisted,  October,  1863. 
Haines,  John  C,   enhsted,   1864;   attached    to    cornet  hand. 
Michael,  George,  transferred  from  44th  ().  \".  I.,  January,  1864. 
Ream,  Samuel,  transferred   from   44th  O.  \ .  I.,  January,    1864. 
Boosinger,  Augustus,  transferred  from  44th  O.  \".  I..  January, 
1864. 

Company  I  was  raised  in  the  southern  part  of  Portage  count\ , 
Ohio;  was  mustered  in  with  the  regiment,  August  29,  1862,  and 
served  with  the  regiment  in  all  its  campaigns,  with  high  honor,  to 
the  end  of  the  war;  was  mustered  out  at  Greensboro,  North- Car- 
olina, June  17,  186^;  discharged,  June  28,  1865. 


VUTH  HE(;iME.\'r.  i^e 


ROSTER   OF  CO   K, 


Capta'ni. 

Jordan.  William  j..  piomotcd  to  major.    AuL,Mi>t.  1S6:;:   lieuten- 
ant colonel.  Auy^ust   i  (.  iS()_|.. 
First  Licittviiaiit. 

Morj^an.  josiah    \^.,    promoted    to   captain.    Aui^nst.   186-^:    re- 
si»;netl,  October,  1S63. 
Sccoi/d  Lieutenant. 

Smith.  James  L.,    promoted    to  first    lieutenant,    August.    iS6-^: 
resi<rued,  Xo\eml)er,  1863. 
First  Sergeajit. 

Pettit.    Stacy,  promoted    to   second    lieutenant,    Au<4ust.    1S63; 
first  lieutenant,  July,  US64. 
Second  Serjeant. 

Adams.  Samuel  K..  promoted  to  fli-st  ser<reant.  1S64. 
Fhird  Seri^vant. 

1  Iarbaui2,h.    Jonathan,    transferred    to    \eteran    reserx  e    corps, 
March,  1864. 
Fourth  Seri^eant. 

Lodge.  William,  transferred  to  \  eteran  reser\  e  corps.  |anuar\. 
1864. 
Fift/i  Serj^'vant. 

Walter,  W.  II.,  promoted  to  first  sergeant,  August.  iSGt,:    sec- 
ond lieutenant.    Septend)er,  1864. 
Cor/>or(//s. 

1.  Kerns,  Richard,    detached  in    engineei-  battalion.  2^d  armv 

cor]:)s.  July,  186^. 

2.  Ilillman.  John  (t.,  promoted  to  sergeant,  March.  186^. 

3.  Atterholl.  George  W.,    died  at    Lexington.    K\.,    A))ril    12, 

1863. 

4.  (iarside.  A.  M.,  promoted  to  sergeant.  )auuar\    15.  1864. 

5.  Kenty,  J.  B..  promoted  to  sergeant.  .August,  186-^. 

10 


146  HIS  TORT  OF  THE 

Corpo)-a/s. — Contiiuicd. 

6.  Wood,  Daniel    B.,    died    at    Lexini^ton,    Kv.,    November  3, 

1863. 

7.  lohnson,  ]ohn  M.,  promoted  to  hert^-eant,  Septemlier,  1S64. 
S.      Peppel,    Daniel  W. 

.M//si('iai/s. 

McLain,  Daniel  11,  mustered  out  of  service,  May,  1S63. 

Evans.  Owen  H. 
I'r/vatcs. 

Anderson,  William  E.  IVl. 

Barker.  Frederic  F. 

Bahiiii^tou.  lames  A. 

Beck,  Charles  W. 

iiowers,  John. 

Bowman.  "Alexander,  discharged,  Fehruarx',  1864. 

Binns.  James,  wounded  at  Knoxville,  Xcnemher  23,   1863;  pro- 
moted to  corporal.  May    iS6c^. 

Burson.  William  P..  promoted  to  corporal,  fanuarw  1S64. 

Jiricker.  Nicholas  v^..  promoted   to    corporal,    No\  ember,  1862. 

])rinker.  Israel,    died    at  Nashville,   'J'enn.,  November  23,  1864. 

Clunk,  Nicholas  M.,  discharc^cd,  June  4,  1863. 

Clunk,  Peter. 

Corbett,    tienrv  C    discharged  b\'    ortler  of  secretar\   of   war, 
May,  1865. 

Cressinijer,  Samuel  J.,  died  at  Newbern,  N.  C  March  22,  186^. 

Cross,  Clement  M.,  wounded  at  Old  Town  Creek.  N.  C,  Feb- 
ruar\-  20,  1865. 

Crosson.  James  M.    . 

Davis,  Jonathan  K. 

Entrikin.   B\ron  C,  captured  at  Little  Kenesaw,   Ga.,  June  20, 
1864,  and  died  at  Andersonville. 

Ehrhart,  Jacob. 

Farmer,  George  E..  disabled  b\- falling  tree  near  Chattahoochee 
ri\  er,  Julv  16,    1864. 

Fisher,  W'illiam  H..  discharged,  I3ecember,  1862. 

Flick.  William  C. 

Flugan,  James  (i..  promoted  to  corporal,  .September.  1864. 

Fox.  Charles  F. 

I'rost,  J^eonard  C. 

(iaskill.  AJilenus  B.,  died  at  I^exington,  Kv.,  April.  1863. 

( Jraham.  George  F. 


VUTH  REGIMENT.  147 

Privates. — CDiitinucd. 

(jroaner.  Isaac.  pioniotL-d  to  corijoial.  April.  I'^^W 
(Jroonis.  Francis  M. 

( irooins,  ( i(.'<)r<;c  \\  . 

Halvcrstadt,  Samuel  S. 

Hamilton.  William  C 

Icssup.  James  F.  1 1. 

)cssup.  Thomas,  died  at  Lexington.  Ky..  A])ril  i'').  i'^''^^. 

[ohnson.  John  W. 

Johnson.  Robert  B. 

Johnson.  I)a\id  W..    killed  at    Knoxvile,  Tenn..    \o\emher  39, 
186-:;. 

Kin;4.  Isaac  T..  discharj^cd.  February  2.  1863. 

Kejiner.  lesse.  promote<l  to  corporal.  April.  1863. 

Kepner.  )oseph.  died  at   Mt.  N'ernon.  Ky..  June  J5.  i86-^. 

Kenty,  William  I). 

Keister.  Henry. 

Kelly.  John  L..  tianst'erred  to  \  etei'an  reser\  e  corp>.  June.  1864. 

Lee.  .\l\in. 

Mann.  Samuel,  detached  in  engineer  liattaliou  23d  army  corps. 

Marine.  Jared  P. 

McDivett.  Huo-h. 

McKce.  John  W..  deserted.  Januar\  5.  1863. 

McDonald.  John  1).,    promoted  to  corporal.  .\])ril.    1863;   died 
at  Lexinj^tou.  Ky..  April  9.  1863. 

Miller.  Andrew. 

More,  Delorme  15. 

More,  (iideon  R..  detailed  as  head  butcher,  first  bri^-ade.  3d  di- 
vision arnn   corps. 

Morris,  Albert. 

Phillips,  Samuel,  died  at  Lexington.  Ky..  March  21,  1863. 

Parsons,  William  1).,  died    at   Lexini^ton.    Ky..    December  31, 
1862. 

Peppel,  Henry  S. 

Pike,  Robert  T. 

Reed,  George  W. 

Robinson,  Nathan  D. 
Rosinberry,  Henry. 

Rudisil.  William  H.  H. 

Rhinehart.  John  J.,  dischar<i;ed.  Jime  4.  1S63. 

Schovillc.  T>emuel. 


1^8  HIS  TOR}    OF  THE 

Privates. — Continued. 

Sherbine,  William  C,  traasterred  to  veteran  reserves,  ^Vugust,, 

1S64. 
Smith,  David. 
Stallcup,  Benjamin  F. 

St<)cl<\vell,  William  J..  pronK^ted  U)  corporal. 
Tanner,  James  P. 
Thomas,  Nathan  J. 
Tood,  John  A. 
Trit,  William  M. 
Trunick,  Henry  H. 
VanFassan,  John  J. 
Vogan,  Wilson. 
Walker,  Joseph  H. 

Wellington,  Jason,  deserted,  January  ^.  1S63. 
Willets,  Benjamin  F. 
Woods,  James  D.  L. 
Woods,  William  A. 
Zeppernick,    Alpheus,    wounded    near    Lost     Mcjuntain.    Ga.,* 

June  10,  1864;  died  of  his  wounds  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  May 

6,  1865. 

RECRUITS. 

Burson.  James. 
Greer,  James  S. 
More,  James. 
Whiteleather,  Joseph. 

Companv  K  was  raised  in  the  A'icinitv  of  New  Lisbun,  C'olum- 
biana  county,  Ohio,  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  at  Massillon, 
Ohio,  vSeptember  39,  1863,  with  William  J.  Jordan  as  captain,  who 
rose  through  the  various  grades  to  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  reg- 
iment. Company  K  entered  the  service  one  hundred  strong,  a  large 
part  of  whom  were  '"Qiiaker  boysf  still  they  were  as  ready  for  duty 
as  those  who  had  never  been  taught  to  "turn  the  left  cheek,''  also. 
Their  moral  and  sober  "bringing  up"  counted  in  their  favor,  in 
showing  the  lightest  mortality  list  of  any  company  in  the  regi- 
ment, although  they  had  their  full  share  of  the  hardships  passed 
throusfh  bv  the  regiment. 


OK  the; 


104th  regiment, 


O.  IT.  Z. 


DURING  THE  WAR  OF  THE  REBELLION, 

PROM 


AKRON.  OHIO. 

Prjntkd  bv  Werner  &  Lohmann. 

1886 


LbFe^e 


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